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
78 menu "Networking options"
80 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
81 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
82 source "net/tls/Kconfig"
83 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
84 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
85 source "net/smc/Kconfig"
86 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"
90 depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP || NVME_TCP
93 config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST
94 tristate "KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
95 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
98 This builds the KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism.
100 KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug
101 log in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for
102 kernel devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion
103 into a production build.
105 For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, refer
106 to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
109 bool "TCP/IP networking"
111 These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
112 Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
113 your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
114 system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
115 other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
116 allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
118 For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
119 Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
120 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
122 If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
123 "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
124 behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
125 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
126 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
131 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
132 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
133 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
134 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"
138 config NETWORK_SECMARK
139 bool "Security Marking"
141 This enables security marking of network packets, similar
142 to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
143 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
145 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
148 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
149 bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
150 select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
152 This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs (or
153 other MII bus snooping devices) with hardware timestamping
154 capabilities. This option adds some overhead in the transmit
157 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
160 bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
162 Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
163 that pass through your Linux box.
165 The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
166 a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
167 firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
168 filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
169 based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
170 a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
171 bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
172 closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
173 protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
174 firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
175 clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
176 they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
179 You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
180 the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
181 globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
182 of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
183 the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
184 forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
185 modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
186 firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
187 replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
188 correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
189 are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
190 reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
191 run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
192 using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
193 called NAT (Network Address Translation).
195 Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
196 the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
197 box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
198 typically a caching proxy server.
200 Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
201 a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
202 the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
203 protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
206 Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
207 masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
208 proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
209 <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
214 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
215 bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
219 If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
220 If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
221 basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
225 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
226 tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
228 depends on NETFILTER && INET
229 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
230 select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
231 select SKB_EXTENSIONS
233 Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
234 ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
235 want this option enabled.
236 Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
241 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
242 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
243 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
244 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
248 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
249 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
250 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
251 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
252 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
253 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
254 source "net/802/Kconfig"
255 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
256 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
257 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
258 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
259 source "net/appletalk/Kconfig"
260 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
261 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
262 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
263 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
264 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
265 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
266 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
267 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
268 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
269 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
270 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
271 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
272 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
273 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
274 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"
275 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
276 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
277 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
278 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
279 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
281 config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT
282 bool "Use percpu variables to maintain network device refcount"
286 network device refcount are using per cpu variables if this option is set.
287 This can be forced to N to detect underflows (with a performance drop).
290 int "Maximum number of fragments per skb_shared_info"
294 Having more fragments per skb_shared_info can help GRO efficiency.
295 This helps BIG TCP workloads, but might expose bugs in some
297 This also increases memory overhead of small packets,
298 and in drivers using build_skb().
302 bool "Receive packet steering"
303 depends on SMP && SYSFS
306 Software receive side packet steering (RPS) distributes the
307 load of received packet processing across multiple CPUs.
310 bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS"
315 Allowing drivers for multiqueue hardware with flow filter tables to
318 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
324 select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
330 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
331 bool "Network priority cgroup"
333 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
335 Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
336 a per-interface basis.
338 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
339 bool "Network classid cgroup"
341 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
343 Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
344 being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
346 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
348 default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_RT && !NETCONSOLE)
352 prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits"
357 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER
358 bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"
360 depends on BPF_SYSCALL
361 depends on CGROUP_BPF
365 Enabling this allows a TCP stream parser to be used with
366 BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.
368 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
369 bool "Net flow limit"
373 The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
374 backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
375 generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
376 maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
377 with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
378 flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
380 menu "Network testing"
383 tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
384 depends on INET && PROC_FS
386 This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
387 rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface
388 stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand
389 what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
391 Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
392 at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.rst>.
394 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
395 module will be called pktgen.
397 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
398 tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
399 depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
401 This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
402 event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts
403 are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
404 process. If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
405 just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
406 drop statistics, say N here.
412 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
413 source "net/can/Kconfig"
414 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
415 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
416 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
417 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
418 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"
430 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
431 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
435 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
436 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
437 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
438 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
439 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
440 source "net/psample/Kconfig"
441 source "net/ife/Kconfig"
444 bool "Network light weight tunnels"
446 This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
447 tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
448 weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
449 with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
452 bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
453 depends on LWTUNNEL && INET
454 default y if LWTUNNEL=y
456 Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
457 lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
467 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
470 config NET_IEEE8021Q_HELPERS
475 depends on PHYLIB && INET
481 The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framework for plain sockets (e.g. TCP) or
482 ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) to process L7 application data
483 with the help of BPF programs.
492 config PAGE_POOL_STATS
494 bool "Page pool stats"
497 Enable page pool statistics to track page allocation and recycling
498 in page pools. This option incurs additional CPU cost in allocation
499 and recycle paths and additional memory cost to store the statistics.
500 These statistics are only available if this option is enabled and if
501 the driver using the page pool supports exporting this data.
506 tristate "Generic failover module"
508 The failover module provides a generic interface for paravirtual
509 drivers to register a netdev and a set of ops with a failover
510 instance. The ops are used as event handlers that get called to
511 handle netdev register/unregister/link change/name change events
512 on slave pci ethernet devices with the same mac address as the
513 failover netdev. This enables paravirtual drivers to use a
514 VF as an accelerated low latency datapath. It also allows live
515 migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
516 paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
518 config ETHTOOL_NETLINK
519 bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"
523 An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic
524 netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features,
525 e.g. notification messages.
527 config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST
528 tristate "Unit tests for device address list"
529 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
533 tristate "KUnit tests for networking" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
535 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
537 KUnit tests covering core networking infra, such as sk_buff.