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doc: networking: ip-sysctl: Document conf/all/disable_ipv6 and conf/default/disable_ipv6

Message ID 20210121150244.20483-1-pali@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit fc024c5c07aa2463d36e8c85943343741ba356b7
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series doc: networking: ip-sysctl: Document conf/all/disable_ipv6 and conf/default/disable_ipv6 | expand

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Commit Message

Pali Rohár Jan. 21, 2021, 3:02 p.m. UTC
This patch adds documentation for sysctl conf/all/disable_ipv6 and
conf/default/disable_ipv6 settings which is currently missing.

Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

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patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Jan. 23, 2021, 9:40 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:02:44 +0100 you wrote:
> This patch adds documentation for sysctl conf/all/disable_ipv6 and
> conf/default/disable_ipv6 settings which is currently missing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

Here is the summary with links:
  - doc: networking: ip-sysctl: Document conf/all/disable_ipv6 and conf/default/disable_ipv6
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fc024c5c07aa

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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index dd2b12a32b73..c7b775da9554 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -1807,12 +1807,24 @@  seg6_flowlabel - INTEGER
 ``conf/default/*``:
 	Change the interface-specific default settings.
 
+	These settings would be used during creating new interfaces.
+
 
 ``conf/all/*``:
 	Change all the interface-specific settings.
 
 	[XXX:  Other special features than forwarding?]
 
+conf/all/disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN
+	Changing this value is same as changing ``conf/default/disable_ipv6``
+	setting and also all per-interface ``disable_ipv6`` settings to the same
+	value.
+
+	Reading this value does not have any particular meaning. It does not say
+	whether IPv6 support is enabled or disabled. Returned value can be 1
+	also in the case when some interface has ``disable_ipv6`` set to 0 and
+	has configured IPv6 addresses.
+
 conf/all/forwarding - BOOLEAN
 	Enable global IPv6 forwarding between all interfaces.