The IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER Kconfig describes the rp_filter proc option. Recent changes added a loose mode. Instead of documenting this change too places, refer to the document describing it: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt I'm considering moving the rp_filter description away from the Kconfig file into ip-sysctl.txt. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@xxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/Kconfig | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index c7a8148..b2cf91e 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts. + For details about rp_filter strict and loose mode read + <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>. If unsure, say N here. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html