doc: Document unexpected tcp_l3mdev_accept=1 behavior
authorBenjamin Poirier <bpoirier@nvidia.com>
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:38:54 +0000 (17:38 +0900)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:53:24 +0000 (11:53 +0100)
commitb1165777fe0b44e9c4a482ae98ede158a82760e2
tree137119fa5a889293c4b593a269d3889265be3372
parentf5e165e72b29d908214e554ef57f67790ba95934
doc: Document unexpected tcp_l3mdev_accept=1 behavior

As suggested by David, document a somewhat unexpected behavior that results
from net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1. This behavior was encountered while
debugging FRR, a VRF-aware application, on a system which used
net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1 and where TCP connections for BGP with MD5
keys were failing to establish.

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/networking/vrf.rst