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Differences between /net/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /net/Kconfig (Version linux-5.2.21)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only             1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  2 #                                                   2 #
  3 # Network configuration                             3 # Network configuration
  4 #                                                   4 #
  5                                                     5 
  6 menuconfig NET                                      6 menuconfig NET
  7         bool "Networking support"                   7         bool "Networking support"
  8         select NLATTR                               8         select NLATTR
  9         select GENERIC_NET_UTILS                    9         select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
 10         select BPF                                 10         select BPF
 11         help                                   !!  11         ---help---
 12           Unless you really know what you are      12           Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
 13           The reason is that some programs nee     13           The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even
 14           when running on a stand-alone machin     14           when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any
 15           other computer.                          15           other computer.
 16                                                    16 
 17           If you are upgrading from an older k     17           If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you
 18           should consider updating your networ     18           should consider updating your networking tools too because changes
 19           in the kernel and the tools often go     19           in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are
 20           contained in the package net-tools,      20           contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number
 21           of which are given in <file:Document     21           of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
 22                                                    22 
 23           For a general introduction to Linux      23           For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly
 24           recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, a     24           recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
 25           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto     25           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 26                                                    26 
 27 if NET                                             27 if NET
 28                                                    28 
 29 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES                29 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 30         bool                                       30         bool
 31         help                                       31         help
 32           This option can be selected by other     32           This option can be selected by other options that need compat
 33           netlink messages.                        33           netlink messages.
 34                                                    34 
 35 config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES                     35 config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 36         def_bool y                                 36         def_bool y
 37         depends on COMPAT                          37         depends on COMPAT
 38         depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NE     38         depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 39         help                                       39         help
 40           This option makes it possible to sen     40           This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages
 41           to tasks depending on whether the ta     41           to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To
 42           achieve this, you need to set skb_sh     42           achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the
 43           compat skb before sending the skb, t     43           compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out
 44           which message to actually pass to th     44           which message to actually pass to the task.
 45                                                    45 
 46           Newly written code should NEVER need     46           Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do
 47           compat-independent messages instead!     47           compat-independent messages instead!
 48                                                    48 
 49 config NET_INGRESS                                 49 config NET_INGRESS
 50         bool                                       50         bool
 51                                                    51 
 52 config NET_EGRESS                                  52 config NET_EGRESS
 53         bool                                       53         bool
 54                                                    54 
 55 config NET_XGRESS                              << 
 56         select NET_INGRESS                     << 
 57         select NET_EGRESS                      << 
 58         bool                                   << 
 59                                                << 
 60 config NET_REDIRECT                            << 
 61         bool                                   << 
 62                                                << 
 63 config SKB_DECRYPTED                           << 
 64         bool                                   << 
 65                                                << 
 66 config SKB_EXTENSIONS                              55 config SKB_EXTENSIONS
 67         bool                                       56         bool
 68                                                    57 
 69 config NET_DEVMEM                              << 
 70         def_bool y                             << 
 71         depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER           << 
 72         depends on GENERIC_ALLOCATOR           << 
 73         depends on PAGE_POOL                   << 
 74                                                << 
 75 menu "Networking options"                          58 menu "Networking options"
 76                                                    59 
 77 source "net/packet/Kconfig"                        60 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
 78 source "net/unix/Kconfig"                          61 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
 79 source "net/tls/Kconfig"                           62 source "net/tls/Kconfig"
 80 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"                          63 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
 81 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"                          64 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
 82 source "net/smc/Kconfig"                           65 source "net/smc/Kconfig"
 83 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"                           66 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"
 84                                                    67 
 85 config NET_HANDSHAKE                           << 
 86         bool                                   << 
 87         depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP | << 
 88         default y                              << 
 89                                                << 
 90 config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST                << 
 91         tristate "KUnit tests for the handshak << 
 92         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
 93         depends on KUNIT                       << 
 94         help                                   << 
 95           This builds the KUnit tests for the  << 
 96                                                << 
 97           KUnit tests run during boot and outp << 
 98           log in TAP format (https://testanyth << 
 99           kernel devs running KUnit test harne << 
100           into a production build.             << 
101                                                << 
102           For more information on KUnit and un << 
103           to the KUnit documentation in Docume << 
104                                                << 
105 config INET                                        68 config INET
106         bool "TCP/IP networking"                   69         bool "TCP/IP networking"
107         help                                   !!  70         select CRYPTO
                                                   >>  71         select CRYPTO_AES
                                                   >>  72         ---help---
108           These are the protocols used on the      73           These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
109           Ethernets. It is highly recommended      74           Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
110           your kernel by about 400 KB), since      75           your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
111           system) use TCP/IP even if your mach     76           system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
112           other computer. You will get the so-     77           other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
113           allows you to ping yourself (great f     78           allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
114                                                    79 
115           For an excellent introduction to Lin     80           For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
116           Linux Networking HOWTO, available fr     81           Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
117           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto     82           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
118                                                    83 
119           If you say Y here and also to "/proc     84           If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
120           "Sysctl support" below, you can chan     85           "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
121           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writi     86           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
122           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options ar     87           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
123           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sy !!  88           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
124                                                    89 
125           Short answer: say Y.                     90           Short answer: say Y.
126                                                    91 
127 if INET                                            92 if INET
128 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"                          93 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
129 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"                          94 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
130 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"                      95 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
131 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"                     << 
132                                                    96 
133 endif # if INET                                    97 endif # if INET
134                                                    98 
135 config NETWORK_SECMARK                             99 config NETWORK_SECMARK
136         bool "Security Marking"                   100         bool "Security Marking"
137         help                                      101         help
138           This enables security marking of net    102           This enables security marking of network packets, similar
139           to nfmark, but designated for securi    103           to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
140           If you are unsure how to answer this    104           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
141                                                   105 
142 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                           106 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
143         def_bool n                                107         def_bool n
144                                                   108 
145 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING                   109 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
146         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"        110         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
147         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                   111         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
148         help                                      112         help
149           This allows timestamping of network  !! 113           This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs with
150           other MII bus snooping devices) with !! 114           hardware timestamping capabilities. This option adds some
151           capabilities. This option adds some  !! 115           overhead in the transmit and receive paths.
152           and receive paths.                   << 
153                                                   116 
154           If you are unsure how to answer this    117           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
155                                                   118 
156 menuconfig NETFILTER                              119 menuconfig NETFILTER
157         bool "Network packet filtering framewo    120         bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
158         help                                   !! 121         ---help---
159           Netfilter is a framework for filteri    122           Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
160           that pass through your Linux box.       123           that pass through your Linux box.
161                                                   124 
162           The most common use of packet filter    125           The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
163           a firewall protecting a local networ    126           a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
164           firewall provided by this kernel sup    127           firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
165           filter", which means that it can rej    128           filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
166           based on type, source, destination e    129           based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
167           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure     130           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
168           bothersome to set up; it inspects th    131           bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
169           closely, modifies it and has knowled    132           closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
170           protocols, which a packet filter lac    133           protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
171           firewalls often require changes to t    134           firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
172           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't    135           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
173           they are often combined with a packe    136           they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
174           you say Y here.                         137           you say Y here.
175                                                   138 
176           You should also say Y here if you in    139           You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
177           the gateway to the Internet for a lo    140           the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
178           globally valid IP addresses. This is    141           globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
179           of the computers on your local netwo    142           of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
180           the outside, your box can "masquerad    143           the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
181           forwards the traffic to the intended    144           forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
182           modifies the packets to make it look    145           modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
183           firewall box itself. It works both w    146           firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
184           replies, the Linux box will silently    147           replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
185           correct local computer. This way, th    148           correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
186           are completely invisible to the outs    149           are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
187           reach the outside and can receive re    150           reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
188           run globally visible servers from wi    151           run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
189           using a mechanism called portforward    152           using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
190           called NAT (Network Address Translat    153           called NAT (Network Address Translation).
191                                                   154 
192           Another use of Netfilter is in trans    155           Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
193           the local network tries to connect t    156           the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
194           box can transparently forward the tr    157           box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
195           typically a caching proxy server.       158           typically a caching proxy server.
196                                                   159 
197           Yet another use of Netfilter is buil    160           Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
198           a bridge with Network packet filteri    161           a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
199           the bridged traffic. For filtering o    162           the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
200           protocols over the bridge, use ebtab    163           protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
201           configuration).                         164           configuration).
202                                                   165 
203           Various modules exist for netfilter     166           Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
204           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet fil    167           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
205           proxying, and portforwarding mechani    168           proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
206           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "    169           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
207           these packages.                         170           these packages.
208                                                   171 
209 if NETFILTER                                      172 if NETFILTER
210                                                   173 
211 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED                         174 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
212         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration    175         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
213         depends on NETFILTER                      176         depends on NETFILTER
214         default y                                 177         default y
215         help                                      178         help
216           If you say Y here you can select bet    179           If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
217           If you say N the more unusual ones w    180           If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
218           basic ones needed by most people wil    181           basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
219                                                   182 
220           If unsure, say Y.                       183           If unsure, say Y.
221                                                   184 
222 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER                           185 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
223         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filte    186         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
224         depends on BRIDGE                         187         depends on BRIDGE
225         depends on NETFILTER && INET              188         depends on NETFILTER && INET
226         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED             189         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
227         select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE            190         select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
228         select SKB_EXTENSIONS                     191         select SKB_EXTENSIONS
229         help                                   !! 192         default m
                                                   >> 193         ---help---
230           Enabling this option will let arptab    194           Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
231           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a     195           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
232           want this option enabled.               196           want this option enabled.
233           Enabling or disabling this option do    197           Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
234           ebtables.                               198           ebtables.
235                                                   199 
236           If unsure, say N.                       200           If unsure, say N.
237                                                   201 
238 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"                    202 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
239 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"               203 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
240 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"               204 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 205 source "net/decnet/netfilter/Kconfig"
241 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"             206 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
242                                                   207 
243 endif                                             208 endif
244                                                   209 
                                                   >> 210 source "net/bpfilter/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 211 
245 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"                         212 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
246 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"                         213 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
247 source "net/rds/Kconfig"                          214 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
248 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"                         215 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
249 source "net/atm/Kconfig"                          216 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
250 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"                         217 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
251 source "net/802/Kconfig"                          218 source "net/802/Kconfig"
252 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"                       219 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
253 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"                          220 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
254 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"                        221 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 222 source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
255 source "net/llc/Kconfig"                          223 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
256 source "net/appletalk/Kconfig"                 !! 224 source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
257 source "net/x25/Kconfig"                          225 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
258 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"                         226 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
259 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"                       227 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
260 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"                      228 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
261 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"                   229 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
262 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"                    230 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
263 source "net/sched/Kconfig"                        231 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
264 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"                          232 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
265 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"                 233 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
266 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"                   234 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
267 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"                  235 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
268 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"                    236 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
269 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"                      237 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
270 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"                         238 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
271 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"                          239 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"
272 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"                          240 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
273 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"                    241 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
274 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"                       242 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
275 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"                         243 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
276 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"                         244 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
277                                                   245 
278 config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT                         << 
279         bool "Use percpu variables to maintain << 
280         depends on SMP                         << 
281         default y                              << 
282         help                                   << 
283           network device refcount are using pe << 
284           This can be forced to N to detect un << 
285                                                << 
286 config MAX_SKB_FRAGS                           << 
287         int "Maximum number of fragments per s << 
288         range 17 45                            << 
289         default 17                             << 
290         help                                   << 
291           Having more fragments per skb_shared << 
292           This helps BIG TCP workloads, but mi << 
293           legacy drivers.                      << 
294           This also increases memory overhead  << 
295           and in drivers using build_skb().    << 
296           If unsure, say 17.                   << 
297                                                << 
298 config RPS                                        246 config RPS
299         bool "Receive packet steering"         !! 247         bool
300         depends on SMP && SYSFS                   248         depends on SMP && SYSFS
301         default y                                 249         default y
302         help                                   << 
303           Software receive side packet steerin << 
304           load of received packet processing a << 
305                                                   250 
306 config RFS_ACCEL                                  251 config RFS_ACCEL
307         bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS"    !! 252         bool
308         depends on RPS                            253         depends on RPS
309         select CPU_RMAP                           254         select CPU_RMAP
310         default y                                 255         default y
311         help                                   << 
312           Allowing drivers for multiqueue hard << 
313           accelerate RFS.                      << 
314                                                << 
315 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING                   << 
316         bool                                   << 
317                                                   256 
318 config XPS                                        257 config XPS
319         bool                                      258         bool
320         depends on SMP                            259         depends on SMP
321         select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING           << 
322         default y                                 260         default y
323                                                   261 
324 config HWBM                                       262 config HWBM
325         bool                                   !! 263        bool
326                                                   264 
327 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO                            265 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
328         bool "Network priority cgroup"            266         bool "Network priority cgroup"
329         depends on CGROUPS                        267         depends on CGROUPS
330         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                   268         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
331         help                                   !! 269         ---help---
332           Cgroup subsystem for use in assignin    270           Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
333           a per-interface basis.                  271           a per-interface basis.
334                                                   272 
335 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID                         273 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
336         bool "Network classid cgroup"             274         bool "Network classid cgroup"
337         depends on CGROUPS                        275         depends on CGROUPS
338         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                   276         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
339         help                                   !! 277         ---help---
340           Cgroup subsystem for use as general     278           Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
341           being used in cls_cgroup and for net    279           being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
342                                                   280 
343 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL                           281 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
344         bool                                      282         bool
345         default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_R !! 283         default y
346                                                   284 
347 config BQL                                        285 config BQL
348         bool                                      286         bool
349         prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits"      << 
350         depends on SYSFS                          287         depends on SYSFS
351         select DQL                                288         select DQL
352         default y                                 289         default y
353                                                   290 
                                                   >> 291 config BPF_JIT
                                                   >> 292         bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
                                                   >> 293         depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
                                                   >> 294         depends on MODULES
                                                   >> 295         ---help---
                                                   >> 296           Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled
                                                   >> 297           by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native
                                                   >> 298           code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup
                                                   >> 299           packet sniffing (libpcap/tcpdump).
                                                   >> 300 
                                                   >> 301           Note, admin should enable this feature changing:
                                                   >> 302           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
                                                   >> 303           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_harden   (optional)
                                                   >> 304           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_kallsyms (optional)
                                                   >> 305 
354 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER                          306 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER
355         bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"           307         bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"
356         depends on INET                           308         depends on INET
357         depends on BPF_SYSCALL                    309         depends on BPF_SYSCALL
358         depends on CGROUP_BPF                     310         depends on CGROUP_BPF
359         select STREAM_PARSER                      311         select STREAM_PARSER
360         select NET_SOCK_MSG                       312         select NET_SOCK_MSG
361         help                                   !! 313         ---help---
362           Enabling this allows a TCP stream pa !! 314          Enabling this allows a stream parser to be used with
363           BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.                !! 315          BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.
                                                   >> 316 
                                                   >> 317          BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP provides a map type to use with network sockets.
                                                   >> 318          It can be used to enforce socket policy, implement socket redirects,
                                                   >> 319          etc.
364                                                   320 
365 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT                             321 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
366         bool "Net flow limit"                  !! 322         bool
367         depends on RPS                            323         depends on RPS
368         default y                                 324         default y
369         help                                   !! 325         ---help---
370           The network stack has to drop packet    326           The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
371           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog.     327           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
372           generate the vast majority of load,     328           generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
373           maintain capacity for the other flow    329           maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
374           with many clients some protection ag    330           with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
375           flow that greatly exceeds average wo    331           flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
376                                                   332 
377 menu "Network testing"                            333 menu "Network testing"
378                                                   334 
379 config NET_PKTGEN                                 335 config NET_PKTGEN
380         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH C    336         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
381         depends on INET && PROC_FS                337         depends on INET && PROC_FS
382         help                                   !! 338         ---help---
383           This module will inject preconfigure    339           This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
384           rate, out of a given interface.  It     340           rate, out of a given interface.  It is used for network interface
385           stress testing and performance analy    341           stress testing and performance analysis.  If you don't understand
386           what was just said, you don't need i    342           what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
387                                                   343 
388           Documentation on how to use the pack    344           Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
389           at <file:Documentation/networking/pk !! 345           at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt>.
390                                                   346 
391           To compile this code as a module, ch    347           To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
392           module will be called pktgen.           348           module will be called pktgen.
393                                                   349 
394 config NET_DROP_MONITOR                           350 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
395         tristate "Network packet drop alerting    351         tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
396         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS            352         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
397         help                                   !! 353         ---help---
398           This feature provides an alerting se !! 354         This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
399           event that packets are discarded in  !! 355         event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
400           are broadcast via netlink socket to  !! 356         are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
401           process.  If you don't need network  !! 357         process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
402           just checking the various proc files !! 358         just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
403           drop statistics, say N here.         !! 359         drop statistics, say N here.
404                                                   360 
405 endmenu                                           361 endmenu
406                                                   362 
407 endmenu                                           363 endmenu
408                                                   364 
409 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"                         365 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
410 source "net/can/Kconfig"                          366 source "net/can/Kconfig"
411 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"                    367 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
412 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"                        368 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
413 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"                          369 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
414 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"                    370 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
415 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"                      << 
416                                                   371 
417 config FIB_RULES                                  372 config FIB_RULES
418         bool                                      373         bool
419                                                   374 
420 menuconfig WIRELESS                               375 menuconfig WIRELESS
421         bool "Wireless"                           376         bool "Wireless"
422         depends on !S390                          377         depends on !S390
423         default y                                 378         default y
424                                                   379 
425 if WIRELESS                                       380 if WIRELESS
426                                                   381 
427 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"                     382 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
428 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"                     383 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
429                                                   384 
430 endif # WIRELESS                                  385 endif # WIRELESS
431                                                   386 
                                                   >> 387 source "net/wimax/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 388 
432 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"                       389 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
433 source "net/9p/Kconfig"                           390 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
434 source "net/caif/Kconfig"                         391 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
435 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"                         392 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
436 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"                          393 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
437 source "net/psample/Kconfig"                      394 source "net/psample/Kconfig"
438 source "net/ife/Kconfig"                          395 source "net/ife/Kconfig"
439                                                   396 
440 config LWTUNNEL                                   397 config LWTUNNEL
441         bool "Network light weight tunnels"       398         bool "Network light weight tunnels"
442         help                                   !! 399         ---help---
443           This feature provides an infrastruct    400           This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
444           tunnels like mpls. There is no netde    401           tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
445           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encap    402           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
446           with light weight tunnel state assoc    403           with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
447                                                   404 
448 config LWTUNNEL_BPF                               405 config LWTUNNEL_BPF
449         bool "Execute BPF program as route nex    406         bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
450         depends on LWTUNNEL && INET               407         depends on LWTUNNEL && INET
451         default y if LWTUNNEL=y                   408         default y if LWTUNNEL=y
452         help                                   !! 409         ---help---
453           Allows to run BPF programs as a next    410           Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
454           lookup for incoming and outgoing pac    411           lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
455                                                   412 
456 config DST_CACHE                                  413 config DST_CACHE
457         bool                                      414         bool
458         default n                                 415         default n
459                                                   416 
460 config GRO_CELLS                                  417 config GRO_CELLS
461         bool                                      418         bool
462         default n                                 419         default n
463                                                   420 
464 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT                         421 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
465         bool                                      422         bool
466                                                   423 
467 config NET_IEEE8021Q_HELPERS                   << 
468         bool                                   << 
469                                                << 
470 config NET_SELFTESTS                           << 
471         def_tristate PHYLIB                    << 
472         depends on PHYLIB && INET              << 
473                                                << 
474 config NET_SOCK_MSG                               424 config NET_SOCK_MSG
475         bool                                      425         bool
476         default n                                 426         default n
477         help                                      427         help
478           The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framewor    428           The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framework for plain sockets (e.g. TCP) or
479           ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS)    429           ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) to process L7 application data
480           with the help of BPF programs.          430           with the help of BPF programs.
481                                                   431 
482 config NET_DEVLINK                                432 config NET_DEVLINK
483         bool                                      433         bool
484         default n                                 434         default n
485                                                   435 
486 config PAGE_POOL                                  436 config PAGE_POOL
487         bool                                   !! 437        bool
488                                                << 
489 config PAGE_POOL_STATS                         << 
490         default n                              << 
491         bool "Page pool stats"                 << 
492         depends on PAGE_POOL                   << 
493         help                                   << 
494           Enable page pool statistics to track << 
495           in page pools. This option incurs ad << 
496           and recycle paths and additional mem << 
497           These statistics are only available  << 
498           the driver using the page pool suppo << 
499                                                << 
500           If unsure, say N.                    << 
501                                                   438 
502 config FAILOVER                                   439 config FAILOVER
503         tristate "Generic failover module"        440         tristate "Generic failover module"
504         help                                      441         help
505           The failover module provides a gener    442           The failover module provides a generic interface for paravirtual
506           drivers to register a netdev and a s    443           drivers to register a netdev and a set of ops with a failover
507           instance. The ops are used as event     444           instance. The ops are used as event handlers that get called to
508           handle netdev register/unregister/li    445           handle netdev register/unregister/link change/name change events
509           on slave pci ethernet devices with t    446           on slave pci ethernet devices with the same mac address as the
510           failover netdev. This enables paravi    447           failover netdev. This enables paravirtual drivers to use a
511           VF as an accelerated low latency dat    448           VF as an accelerated low latency datapath. It also allows live
512           migration of VMs with direct attache    449           migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
513           paravirtual datapath when the VF is     450           paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
514                                                   451 
515 config ETHTOOL_NETLINK                         !! 452 endif   # if NET
516         bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"   << 
517         select DIMLIB                          << 
518         default y                              << 
519         help                                   << 
520           An alternative userspace interface f << 
521           netlink. It provides better extensib << 
522           e.g. notification messages.          << 
523                                                << 
524 config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST                   << 
525         tristate "Unit tests for device addres << 
526         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
527         depends on KUNIT                       << 
528                                                << 
529 config NET_TEST                                << 
530         tristate "KUnit tests for networking"  << 
531         depends on KUNIT                       << 
532         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
533         help                                   << 
534           KUnit tests covering core networking << 
535                                                   453 
536           If unsure, say N.                    !! 454 # Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which flavour.
                                                   >> 455 # Only one of the two can be selected for a specific arch since eBPF JIT supersedes
                                                   >> 456 # the cBPF JIT.
537                                                   457 
538 endif   # if NET                               !! 458 # Classic BPF JIT (cBPF)
                                                   >> 459 config HAVE_CBPF_JIT
                                                   >> 460         bool
                                                   >> 461 
                                                   >> 462 # Extended BPF JIT (eBPF)
                                                   >> 463 config HAVE_EBPF_JIT
                                                   >> 464         bool
                                                      

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