From: Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, kuniyu@google.com,
corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: sysctl: document net core sysctls
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:18:59 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260409174859.11854-1-chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407083213.27045-1-chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com>
Document missing net.core and net.unix sysctl entries in
admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst, and correct wording for defaults
that are derived from PAGE_SIZE, HZ, or CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
Also clarify that the RFS and flow-limit controls are only present
when CONFIG_RPS or CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT is enabled, and describe
rps_sock_flow_entries the way the handler implements it: non-zero
values are rounded up to the nearest power of two.
Signed-off-by: Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 3b2ad61995d4..05d301b8752c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ Default: 0 (off)
mem_pcpu_rsv
------------
-Per-cpu reserved forward alloc cache size in page units. Default 1MB per CPU.
+Per-cpu reserved forward alloc cache size in page units.
+
+Default: 1MB per CPU, expressed in page units
bypass_prot_mem
---------------
@@ -238,6 +240,37 @@ rps_default_mask
The default RPS CPU mask used on newly created network devices. An empty
mask means RPS disabled by default.
+rps_sock_flow_entries
+---------------------
+
+The total number of entries in the RPS flow table. This is used by
+RFS (Receive Flow Steering) to track which CPU is currently processing
+a flow in userspace. Non-zero values are rounded up to the nearest
+power of two.
+Available only when ``CONFIG_RPS`` is enabled.
+
+Default: 0
+
+flow_limit_cpu_bitmap
+---------------------
+
+Bitmap of CPUs for which RPS flow limiting is enabled. Flow limiting
+prioritizes small flows during CPU contention by dropping packets
+from large flows slightly ahead of those from small flows.
+Available only when ``CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT`` is enabled.
+
+Default: 0 (disabled)
+
+flow_limit_table_len
+--------------------
+
+The number of buckets in the flow limit hashtable. This value is
+only consulted when a new table is allocated. Modifying it does
+not update active tables. This value should be a power of two.
+Available only when ``CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT`` is enabled.
+
+Default: 4096
+
tstamp_allow_data
-----------------
Allow processes to receive tx timestamps looped together with the original
@@ -290,6 +323,8 @@ probed in a round-robin manner. Also, a polling cycle may not exceed
netdev_budget_usecs microseconds, even if netdev_budget has not been
exhausted.
+Default: 300
+
netdev_budget_usecs
---------------------
@@ -297,12 +332,16 @@ Maximum number of microseconds in one NAPI polling cycle. Polling
will exit when either netdev_budget_usecs have elapsed during the
poll cycle or the number of packets processed reaches netdev_budget.
+Default: ``2 * USEC_PER_SEC / HZ`` (2000 when ``HZ`` is 1000)
+
netdev_max_backlog
------------------
Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface
receives packets faster than kernel can process them.
+Default: 1000
+
qdisc_max_burst
------------------
@@ -368,6 +407,15 @@ by the cpu which allocated them.
Default: 128
+max_skb_frags
+-------------
+
+The maximum number of fragments allowed per skb (socket buffer).
+This is mostly used for performance tuning of GSO (Generic
+Segmentation Offload).
+
+Default: ``CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS`` (17 if not overridden)
+
optmem_max
----------
@@ -377,6 +425,16 @@ optmem_max as a limit for its internal structures.
Default : 128 KB
+somaxconn
+---------
+
+Limit of the socket listen() backlog, known in userspace as SOMAXCONN.
+The maximum number of established sockets waiting to be accepted by
+accept(). If the backlog is greater than this value, it will be
+silently truncated to this value.
+
+Default: 4096
+
fb_tunnels_only_for_init_net
----------------------------
@@ -449,6 +507,8 @@ GRO has decided not to coalesce, it is placed on a per-NAPI list. This
list is then passed to the stack when the number of segments reaches the
gro_normal_batch limit.
+Default: 8
+
high_order_alloc_disable
------------------------
@@ -465,9 +525,11 @@ Default: 0
----------------------------------------------------------
There is only one file in this directory.
-unix_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain
+max_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain
socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified.
+Default: 10
+
3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings
-------------------------------------
--
2.53.0
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