@@ -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
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Contents:
ip-sysctl
ipv6
ipvlan
+ ipvs-sysctl
.. only:: subproject and html
similarity index 62%
rename from Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt
rename to 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)
+ - 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 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.
+ 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
+ - 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
@@ -8957,7 +8957,7 @@ 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/
- add SPDX header; - add a document title; - mark lists as such; - mark code blocks and literals as such; - adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 4 +- Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 + .../{ipvs-sysctl.txt => ipvs-sysctl.rst} | 180 +++++++++--------- MAINTAINERS | 2 +- 4 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) rename Documentation/networking/{ipvs-sysctl.txt => ipvs-sysctl.rst} (62%)