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[net] doc/ip-sysctl: add bc_forwarding

Message ID 20220413140000.23648-1-nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit c6a4254c18c6a2195cdf01f58a362392fbe81e85
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net] doc/ip-sysctl: add bc_forwarding | expand

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Commit Message

Nicolas Dichtel April 13, 2022, 2 p.m. UTC
Let's describe this sysctl.

Fixes: 5cbf777cfdf6 ("route: add support for directed broadcast forwarding")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org April 20, 2022, 9:40 a.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0200 you wrote:
> Let's describe this sysctl.
> 
> Fixes: 5cbf777cfdf6 ("route: add support for directed broadcast forwarding")
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] doc/ip-sysctl: add bc_forwarding
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c6a4254c18c6

You are awesome, thank you!
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index b0024aa7b051..66828293d9cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@  ipfrag_max_dist - INTEGER
 	from different IP datagrams, which could result in data corruption.
 	Default: 64
 
+bc_forwarding - INTEGER
+	bc_forwarding enables the feature described in rfc1812#section-5.3.5.2
+	and rfc2644. It allows the router to forward directed broadcast.
+	To enable this feature, the 'all' entry and the input interface entry
+	should be set to 1.
+	Default: 0
+
 INET peer storage
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