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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt) | 188 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst index 84e3348a9543..2ad1b77a7182 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst @@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified. 3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings ------------------------------------- -Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst and ipvs-sysctl.txt for -descriptions of these entries. +Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst and +Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for descriptions of these entries. 4. Appletalk diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 54dee1575b54..bbd4e0041457 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Contents: ip-sysctl ipv6 ipvlan + ipvs-sysctl .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst index 056898685d40..be36c4600e8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst @@ -1,23 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=========== +IPvs-sysctl +=========== + /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs/* Variables: +================================== am_droprate - INTEGER - default 10 + default 10 - It sets the always mode drop rate, which is used in the mode 3 - of the drop_rate defense. + It sets the always mode drop rate, which is used in the mode 3 + of the drop_rate defense. amemthresh - INTEGER - default 1024 + default 1024 - It sets the available memory threshold (in pages), which is - used in the automatic modes of defense. When there is no - enough available memory, the respective strategy will be - enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, otherwise - the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to 1. + It sets the available memory threshold (in pages), which is + used in the automatic modes of defense. When there is no + enough available memory, the respective strategy will be + enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, otherwise + the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to 1. backup_only - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled If set, disable the director function while the server is in backup mode to avoid packet loops for DR/TUN methods. @@ -44,8 +51,8 @@ conn_reuse_mode - INTEGER real servers to a very busy cluster. conntrack - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled If set, maintain connection tracking entries for connections handled by IPVS. @@ -61,28 +68,28 @@ conntrack - BOOLEAN Only available when IPVS is compiled with CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT enabled. cache_bypass - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled - If it is enabled, forward packets to the original destination - directly when no cache server is available and destination - address is not local (iph->daddr is RTN_UNICAST). It is mostly - used in transparent web cache cluster. + If it is enabled, forward packets to the original destination + directly when no cache server is available and destination + address is not local (iph->daddr is RTN_UNICAST). It is mostly + used in transparent web cache cluster. debug_level - INTEGER - 0 - transmission error messages (default) - 1 - non-fatal error messages - 2 - configuration - 3 - destination trash - 4 - drop entry - 5 - service lookup - 6 - scheduling - 7 - connection new/expire, lookup and synchronization - 8 - state transition - 9 - binding destination, template checks and applications - 10 - IPVS packet transmission - 11 - IPVS packet handling (ip_vs_in/ip_vs_out) - 12 or more - packet traversal + - 0 - transmission error messages (default) + - 1 - non-fatal error messages + - 2 - configuration + - 3 - destination trash + - 4 - drop entry + - 5 - service lookup + - 6 - scheduling + - 7 - connection new/expire, lookup and synchronization + - 8 - state transition + - 9 - binding destination, template checks and applications + - 10 - IPVS packet transmission + - 11 - IPVS packet handling (ip_vs_in/ip_vs_out) + - 12 or more - packet traversal Only available when IPVS is compiled with CONFIG_IP_VS_DEBUG enabled. @@ -92,58 +99,58 @@ debug_level - INTEGER the level. drop_entry - INTEGER - 0 - disabled (default) - - The drop_entry defense is to randomly drop entries in the - connection hash table, just in order to collect back some - memory for new connections. In the current code, the - drop_entry procedure can be activated every second, then it - randomly scans 1/32 of the whole and drops entries that are in - the SYN-RECV/SYNACK state, which should be effective against - syn-flooding attack. - - The valid values of drop_entry are from 0 to 3, where 0 means - that this strategy is always disabled, 1 and 2 mean automatic - modes (when there is no enough available memory, the strategy - is enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, - otherwise the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to - 1), and 3 means that that the strategy is always enabled. + - 0 - disabled (default) + + The drop_entry defense is to randomly drop entries in the + connection hash table, just in order to collect back some + memory for new connections. In the current code, the + drop_entry procedure can be activated every second, then it + randomly scans 1/32 of the whole and drops entries that are in + the SYN-RECV/SYNACK state, which should be effective against + syn-flooding attack. + + The valid values of drop_entry are from 0 to 3, where 0 means + that this strategy is always disabled, 1 and 2 mean automatic + modes (when there is no enough available memory, the strategy + is enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, + otherwise the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to + 1), and 3 means that that the strategy is always enabled. drop_packet - INTEGER - 0 - disabled (default) + - 0 - disabled (default) - The drop_packet defense is designed to drop 1/rate packets - before forwarding them to real servers. If the rate is 1, then - drop all the incoming packets. + The drop_packet defense is designed to drop 1/rate packets + before forwarding them to real servers. If the rate is 1, then + drop all the incoming packets. - The value definition is the same as that of the drop_entry. In - the automatic mode, the rate is determined by the follow - formula: rate = amemthresh / (amemthresh - available_memory) - when available memory is less than the available memory - threshold. When the mode 3 is set, the always mode drop rate - is controlled by the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs/am_droprate. + The value definition is the same as that of the drop_entry. In + the automatic mode, the rate is determined by the follow + formula: rate = amemthresh / (amemthresh - available_memory) + when available memory is less than the available memory + threshold. When the mode 3 is set, the always mode drop rate + is controlled by the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs/am_droprate. expire_nodest_conn - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled - - The default value is 0, the load balancer will silently drop - packets when its destination server is not available. It may - be useful, when user-space monitoring program deletes the - destination server (because of server overload or wrong - detection) and add back the server later, and the connections - to the server can continue. - - If this feature is enabled, the load balancer will expire the - connection immediately when a packet arrives and its - destination server is not available, then the client program - will be notified that the connection is closed. This is - equivalent to the feature some people requires to flush - connections when its destination is not available. + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled + + The default value is 0, the load balancer will silently drop + packets when its destination server is not available. It may + be useful, when user-space monitoring program deletes the + destination server (because of server overload or wrong + detection) and add back the server later, and the connections + to the server can continue. + + If this feature is enabled, the load balancer will expire the + connection immediately when a packet arrives and its + destination server is not available, then the client program + will be notified that the connection is closed. This is + equivalent to the feature some people requires to flush + connections when its destination is not available. expire_quiescent_template - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled When set to a non-zero value, the load balancer will expire persistent templates when the destination server is quiescent. @@ -158,8 +165,8 @@ expire_quiescent_template - BOOLEAN connection and the destination server is quiescent. ignore_tunneled - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled If set, ipvs will set the ipvs_property on all packets which are of unrecognized protocols. This prevents us from routing tunneled @@ -168,30 +175,30 @@ ignore_tunneled - BOOLEAN ipvs routing loops when ipvs is also acting as a real server). nat_icmp_send - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled (default) - not 0 - enabled + - 0 - disabled (default) + - not 0 - enabled - It controls sending icmp error messages (ICMP_DEST_UNREACH) - for VS/NAT when the load balancer receives packets from real - servers but the connection entries don't exist. + It controls sending icmp error messages (ICMP_DEST_UNREACH) + for VS/NAT when the load balancer receives packets from real + servers but the connection entries don't exist. pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled - not 0 - enabled (default) + - 0 - disabled + - not 0 - enabled (default) By default, reject with FRAG_NEEDED all DF packets that exceed the PMTU, irrespective of the forwarding method. For TUN method the flag can be disabled to fragment such packets. secure_tcp - INTEGER - 0 - disabled (default) + - 0 - disabled (default) The secure_tcp defense is to use a more complicated TCP state transition table. For VS/NAT, it also delays entering the TCP ESTABLISHED state until the three way handshake is completed. - The value definition is the same as that of drop_entry and - drop_packet. + The value definition is the same as that of drop_entry and + drop_packet. sync_threshold - vector of 2 INTEGERs: sync_threshold, sync_period default 3 50 @@ -248,8 +255,8 @@ sync_ports - INTEGER 8848+sync_ports-1. snat_reroute - BOOLEAN - 0 - disabled - not 0 - enabled (default) + - 0 - disabled + - not 0 - enabled (default) If enabled, recalculate the route of SNATed packets from realservers so that they are routed as if they originate from the @@ -270,6 +277,7 @@ sync_persist_mode - INTEGER Controls the synchronisation of connections when using persistence 0: All types of connections are synchronised + 1: Attempt to reduce the synchronisation traffic depending on the connection type. For persistent services avoid synchronisation for normal connections, do it only for persistence templates. diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index df5e4ccc1ccb..3a5f52a3c055 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -8934,7 +8934,7 @@ L: lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/ipvs-next.git T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/ipvs.git -F: Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt +F: Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst F: include/net/ip_vs.h F: include/uapi/linux/ip_vs.h F: net/netfilter/ipvs/ |