From: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> Instead of saying 'consult your technical export' the documentation needs to assist an export to decide whether to keep these settings off or set them on. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index f350c69..01e2948 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -444,15 +444,21 @@ tcp_tso_win_divisor - INTEGER Default: 3 tcp_tw_recycle - BOOLEAN - Enable fast recycling TIME-WAIT sockets. Default value is 0. - It should not be changed without advice/request of technical - experts. + Enable fast recycling TIME-WAIT sockets. See also caution + wrote to tcp_tw_reuse. Default value is 0. tcp_tw_reuse - BOOLEAN - Allow to reuse TIME-WAIT sockets for new connections when it is - safe from protocol viewpoint. Default value is 0. - It should not be changed without advice/request of technical - experts. + Allow to reuse TIME-WAIT sockets for new connections when it is safe + from protocol viewpoint. One should enable also tcp_timestamps when + this is enabled. Default value is 0. + + Caution. Both tcp_tw_recycle and tcp_tw_reuse can cause problems. You + should not enable either without being sure about network topology in + between node(s) which are using, or used by, the node(s) where the + parameter is enabled. Connections that go via TCP state aware nodes, + such as firewalls, NAT devices or load balancers may start drop frames + because of the setting. The more there are connections the greater is + the likelyhood you will see this issue. tcp_window_scaling - BOOLEAN Enable window scaling as defined in RFC1323. -- 1.7.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
