1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 # Network configuration
7 bool "Networking support"
9 select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
12 Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
13 The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even
14 when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any
17 If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you
18 should consider updating your networking tools too because changes
19 in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are
20 contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number
21 of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
23 For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly
24 recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
25 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
29 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
32 This option can be selected by other options that need compat
35 config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
38 depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
40 This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages
41 to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To
42 achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the
43 compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out
44 which message to actually pass to the task.
46 Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do
47 compat-independent messages instead!
71 depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
72 depends on GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
75 menu "Networking options"
77 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
78 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
79 source "net/tls/Kconfig"
80 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
81 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
82 source "net/smc/Kconfig"
83 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"
87 depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP || NVME_TCP
90 config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST
91 tristate "KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
92 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
95 This builds the KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism.
97 KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug
98 log in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for
99 kernel devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion
100 into a production build.
102 For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, refer
103 to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
106 bool "TCP/IP networking"
108 These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
109 Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
110 your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
111 system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
112 other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
113 allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
115 For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
116 Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
117 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
119 If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
120 "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
121 behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
122 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
123 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
128 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
129 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
130 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
131 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"
135 config NETWORK_SECMARK
136 bool "Security Marking"
138 This enables security marking of network packets, similar
139 to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
140 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
142 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
145 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
146 bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
147 select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
149 This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs (or
150 other MII bus snooping devices) with hardware timestamping
151 capabilities. This option adds some overhead in the transmit
154 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
157 bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
159 Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
160 that pass through your Linux box.
162 The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
163 a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
164 firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
165 filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
166 based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
167 a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
168 bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
169 closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
170 protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
171 firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
172 clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
173 they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
176 You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
177 the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
178 globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
179 of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
180 the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
181 forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
182 modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
183 firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
184 replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
185 correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
186 are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
187 reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
188 run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
189 using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
190 called NAT (Network Address Translation).
192 Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
193 the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
194 box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
195 typically a caching proxy server.
197 Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
198 a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
199 the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
200 protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
203 Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
204 masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
205 proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
206 <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
211 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
212 bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
216 If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
217 If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
218 basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
222 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
223 tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
225 depends on NETFILTER && INET
226 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
227 select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
228 select SKB_EXTENSIONS
230 Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
231 ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
232 want this option enabled.
233 Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
238 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
239 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
240 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
241 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
245 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
246 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
247 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
248 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
249 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
250 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
251 source "net/802/Kconfig"
252 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
253 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
254 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
255 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
256 source "net/appletalk/Kconfig"
257 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
258 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
259 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
260 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
261 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
262 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
263 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
264 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
265 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
266 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
267 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
268 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
269 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
270 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
271 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"
272 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
273 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
274 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
275 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
276 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
278 config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT
279 bool "Use percpu variables to maintain network device refcount"
283 network device refcount are using per cpu variables if this option is set.
284 This can be forced to N to detect underflows (with a performance drop).
287 int "Maximum number of fragments per skb_shared_info"
291 Having more fragments per skb_shared_info can help GRO efficiency.
292 This helps BIG TCP workloads, but might expose bugs in some
294 This also increases memory overhead of small packets,
295 and in drivers using build_skb().
299 bool "Receive packet steering"
300 depends on SMP && SYSFS
303 Software receive side packet steering (RPS) distributes the
304 load of received packet processing across multiple CPUs.
307 bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS"
312 Allowing drivers for multiqueue hardware with flow filter tables to
315 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
321 select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
327 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
328 bool "Network priority cgroup"
330 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
332 Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
333 a per-interface basis.
335 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
336 bool "Network classid cgroup"
338 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
340 Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
341 being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
343 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
345 default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_RT && !NETCONSOLE)
349 prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits"
354 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER
355 bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"
357 depends on BPF_SYSCALL
358 depends on CGROUP_BPF
362 Enabling this allows a TCP stream parser to be used with
363 BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.
365 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
366 bool "Net flow limit"
370 The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
371 backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
372 generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
373 maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
374 with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
375 flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
377 menu "Network testing"
380 tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
381 depends on INET && PROC_FS
383 This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
384 rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface
385 stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand
386 what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
388 Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
389 at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.rst>.
391 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
392 module will be called pktgen.
394 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
395 tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
396 depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
398 This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
399 event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts
400 are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
401 process. If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
402 just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
403 drop statistics, say N here.
409 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
410 source "net/can/Kconfig"
411 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
412 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
413 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
414 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
415 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"
427 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
428 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
432 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
433 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
434 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
435 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
436 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
437 source "net/psample/Kconfig"
438 source "net/ife/Kconfig"
441 bool "Network light weight tunnels"
443 This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
444 tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
445 weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
446 with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
449 bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
450 depends on LWTUNNEL && INET
451 default y if LWTUNNEL=y
453 Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
454 lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
464 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
467 config NET_IEEE8021Q_HELPERS
472 depends on PHYLIB && INET
478 The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framework for plain sockets (e.g. TCP) or
479 ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) to process L7 application data
480 with the help of BPF programs.
489 config PAGE_POOL_STATS
491 bool "Page pool stats"
494 Enable page pool statistics to track page allocation and recycling
495 in page pools. This option incurs additional CPU cost in allocation
496 and recycle paths and additional memory cost to store the statistics.
497 These statistics are only available if this option is enabled and if
498 the driver using the page pool supports exporting this data.
503 tristate "Generic failover module"
505 The failover module provides a generic interface for paravirtual
506 drivers to register a netdev and a set of ops with a failover
507 instance. The ops are used as event handlers that get called to
508 handle netdev register/unregister/link change/name change events
509 on slave pci ethernet devices with the same mac address as the
510 failover netdev. This enables paravirtual drivers to use a
511 VF as an accelerated low latency datapath. It also allows live
512 migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
513 paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
515 config ETHTOOL_NETLINK
516 bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"
520 An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic
521 netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features,
522 e.g. notification messages.
524 config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST
525 tristate "Unit tests for device address list"
526 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
530 tristate "KUnit tests for networking" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
532 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
534 KUnit tests covering core networking infra, such as sk_buff.