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Differences between /net/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /net/Kconfig (Version linux-5.12.19)


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

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