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