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!
61 menu "Networking options"
63 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
64 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
65 source "net/tls/Kconfig"
66 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
67 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
68 source "net/smc/Kconfig"
69 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"
73 depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP || NVME_TCP
76 config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST
77 tristate "KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
78 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
81 This builds the KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism.
83 KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug
84 log in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for
85 kernel devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion
86 into a production build.
88 For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, refer
89 to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
92 bool "TCP/IP networking"
94 These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
95 Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
96 your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
97 system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
98 other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
99 allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
101 For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
102 Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
103 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
105 If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
106 "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
107 behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
108 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
109 <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>.
114 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
115 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
116 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
117 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"
121 config NETWORK_SECMARK
122 bool "Security Marking"
124 This enables security marking of network packets, similar
125 to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
126 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
128 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
131 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
132 bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
133 select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
135 This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs (or
136 other MII bus snooping devices) with hardware timestamping
137 capabilities. This option adds some overhead in the transmit
140 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
143 bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
145 Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
146 that pass through your Linux box.
148 The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
149 a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
150 firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
151 filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
152 based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
153 a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
154 bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
155 closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
156 protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
157 firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
158 clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
159 they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
162 You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
163 the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
164 globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
165 of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
166 the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
167 forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
168 modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
169 firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
170 replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
171 correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
172 are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
173 reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
174 run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
175 using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
176 called NAT (Network Address Translation).
178 Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
179 the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
180 box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
181 typically a caching proxy server.
183 Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
184 a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
185 the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
186 protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
189 Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
190 masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
191 proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
192 <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
197 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
198 bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
202 If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
203 If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
204 basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
208 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
209 tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
211 depends on NETFILTER && INET
212 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
213 select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
214 select SKB_EXTENSIONS
216 Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
217 ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
218 want this option enabled.
219 Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
224 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
225 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
226 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
227 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
231 source "net/bpfilter/Kconfig"
233 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
234 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
235 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
236 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
237 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
238 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
239 source "net/802/Kconfig"
240 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
241 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
242 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
243 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
244 source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
245 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
246 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
247 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
248 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
249 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
250 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
251 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
252 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
253 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
254 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
255 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
256 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
257 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
258 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
259 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"
260 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
261 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
262 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
263 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
264 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
266 config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT
267 bool "Use percpu variables to maintain network device refcount"
271 network device refcount are using per cpu variables if this option is set.
272 This can be forced to N to detect underflows (with a performance drop).
275 int "Maximum number of fragments per skb_shared_info"
279 Having more fragments per skb_shared_info can help GRO efficiency.
280 This helps BIG TCP workloads, but might expose bugs in some
282 This also increases memory overhead of small packets,
283 and in drivers using build_skb().
288 depends on SMP && SYSFS
297 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
303 select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING
309 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
310 bool "Network priority cgroup"
312 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
314 Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
315 a per-interface basis.
317 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
318 bool "Network classid cgroup"
320 select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
322 Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
323 being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
325 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
327 default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_RT && !NETCONSOLE)
335 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER
336 bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"
338 depends on BPF_SYSCALL
339 depends on CGROUP_BPF
343 Enabling this allows a TCP stream parser to be used with
344 BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.
346 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
351 The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
352 backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
353 generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
354 maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
355 with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
356 flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
358 menu "Network testing"
361 tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
362 depends on INET && PROC_FS
364 This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
365 rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface
366 stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand
367 what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
369 Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
370 at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.rst>.
372 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
373 module will be called pktgen.
375 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
376 tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
377 depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
379 This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
380 event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts
381 are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
382 process. If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
383 just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
384 drop statistics, say N here.
390 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
391 source "net/can/Kconfig"
392 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
393 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
394 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
395 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
396 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"
408 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
409 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
413 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
414 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
415 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
416 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
417 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
418 source "net/psample/Kconfig"
419 source "net/ife/Kconfig"
422 bool "Network light weight tunnels"
424 This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
425 tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
426 weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
427 with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
430 bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
431 depends on LWTUNNEL && INET
432 default y if LWTUNNEL=y
434 Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
435 lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
445 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
450 depends on PHYLIB && INET
456 The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framework for plain sockets (e.g. TCP) or
457 ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) to process L7 application data
458 with the help of BPF programs.
467 config PAGE_POOL_STATS
469 bool "Page pool stats"
472 Enable page pool statistics to track page allocation and recycling
473 in page pools. This option incurs additional CPU cost in allocation
474 and recycle paths and additional memory cost to store the statistics.
475 These statistics are only available if this option is enabled and if
476 the driver using the page pool supports exporting this data.
481 tristate "Generic failover module"
483 The failover module provides a generic interface for paravirtual
484 drivers to register a netdev and a set of ops with a failover
485 instance. The ops are used as event handlers that get called to
486 handle netdev register/unregister/link change/name change events
487 on slave pci ethernet devices with the same mac address as the
488 failover netdev. This enables paravirtual drivers to use a
489 VF as an accelerated low latency datapath. It also allows live
490 migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
491 paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
493 config ETHTOOL_NETLINK
494 bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"
497 An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic
498 netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features,
499 e.g. notification messages.
501 config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST
502 tristate "Unit tests for device address list"
503 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS