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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 23 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index b882d4238581..04216564a03c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2474,21 +2474,16 @@ drop_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN By default this is turned off. -accept_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN - Add a new neighbour cache entry in STALE state for routers on receiving an - unsolicited neighbour advertisement with target link-layer address option - specified. This is as per router-side behavior documented in RFC9131. - This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na. +accept_untracked_na - BOOLEAN + Add a new neighbour cache entry in STALE state for routers on receiving a + neighbour advertisement (either solicited or unsolicited) with target + link-layer address option specified if no neighbour entry is already + present for the advertised IPv6 address. Without this knob, NAs received + for untracked addresses (absent in neighbour cache) are silently ignored. + + This is as per router-side behaviour documented in RFC9131. - ==== ====== ====== ============================================== - drop accept fwding behaviour - ---- ------ ------ ---------------------------------------------- - 1 X X Drop NA packet and don't pass up the stack - 0 0 X Pass NA packet up the stack, don't update NC - 0 1 0 Pass NA packet up the stack, don't update NC - 0 1 1 Pass NA packet up the stack, and add a STALE - NC entry - ==== ====== ====== ============================================== + This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na. This will optimize the return path for the initial off-link communication that is initiated by a directly connected host, by ensuring that |