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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Herbert To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, justin.iurman@uliege.be Cc: Tom Herbert Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 7/7] ipv6: Document enforce_ext_hdr_order sysctl Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:49:25 -0800 Message-ID: <20260121214925.112604-8-tom@herbertland.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <20260121214925.112604-1-tom@herbertland.com> References: <20260121214925.112604-1-tom@herbertland.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Document the enforce_ext_hdr_order sysctl that controls whether Extension Header order is enforced on receive. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 5051fe653c96..f8fa9f67b2ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2581,6 +2581,35 @@ ioam6_id_wide - LONG INTEGER Default: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF +enforce_ext_hdr_order - BOOLEAN + Enforce recommended Extension Header ordering in RFC8200. + If the sysctl is set to 1 then the ordering the ordering is + enforced in received packets and each Extension Header + may be present at most once per packet. If the sysctl is + set to 0 then ordering is not enforced and Extension Headers + may be present in any order and have any number of + occurences per packet (except for Hop-by-Hop Options). Also, + if the sysctl is set then Destination Options before the + Routing header are disllowed. + + The Extension Header order is: + + IPv6 header + Hop-by-Hop Options header + Routing header + Fragment header + Authentication header + Encapsulating Security Payload header + Destination Options header + Upper-Layer header + + Possible values: + + - 0 (disabled) + - 1 (enabled) + + Default: 1 (enabled) + IPv6 Fragmentation: ip6frag_high_thresh - INTEGER -- 2.43.0