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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
index 0467b30e4abe..311128abb768 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ nf_conntrack_acct - BOOLEAN
nf_conntrack_buckets - INTEGER
Size of hash table. If not specified as parameter during module
loading, the default size is calculated by dividing total memory
- by 16384 to determine the number of buckets but the hash table will
- never have fewer than 32 and limited to 16384 buckets. For systems
- with more than 4GB of memory it will be 65536 buckets.
+ by 16384 to determine the number of buckets. The hash table will
+ never have fewer than 1024 and never more than 262144 buckets.
This sysctl is only writeable in the initial net namespace.
nf_conntrack_checksum - BOOLEAN
@@ -100,8 +99,12 @@ nf_conntrack_log_invalid - INTEGER
Log invalid packets of a type specified by value.
nf_conntrack_max - INTEGER
- Size of connection tracking table. Default value is
- nf_conntrack_buckets value * 4.
+ Maximum number of allowed connection tracking entries. This value is set
+ to nf_conntrack_buckets by default.
+ Note that connection tracking entries are added to the table twice -- once
+ for the original direction and once for the reply direction (i.e., with
+ the reversed address). This means that with default settings a maxed-out
+ table will have a average hash chain length of 2, not 1.
nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN
- 0 - disabled (default)
@@ -110,6 +113,12 @@ nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN
Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
If it's non-zero, we mark only out of window RST segments as INVALID.
+nf_conntrack_tcp_ignore_invalid_rst - BOOLEAN
+ - 0 - disabled (default)
+ - 1 - enabled
+
+ If it's 1, we don't mark out of window RST segments as INVALID.
+
nf_conntrack_tcp_loose - BOOLEAN
- 0 - disabled
- not 0 - enabled (default)
@@ -178,6 +187,13 @@ nf_conntrack_gre_timeout_stream - INTEGER (seconds)
This extended timeout will be used in case there is an GRE stream
detected.
+nf_hooks_lwtunnel - BOOLEAN
+ - 0 - disabled (default)
+ - not 0 - enabled
+
+ If this option is enabled, the lightweight tunnel netfilter hooks are
+ enabled. This option cannot be disabled once it is enabled.
+
nf_flowtable_tcp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
default 30
@@ -185,19 +201,9 @@ nf_flowtable_tcp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
TCP connections may be offloaded from nf conntrack to nf flow table.
Once aged, the connection is returned to nf conntrack with tcp pickup timeout.
-nf_flowtable_tcp_pickup - INTEGER (seconds)
- default 120
-
- TCP connection timeout after being aged from nf flow table offload.
-
nf_flowtable_udp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
default 30
Control offload timeout for udp connections.
UDP connections may be offloaded from nf conntrack to nf flow table.
Once aged, the connection is returned to nf conntrack with udp pickup timeout.
-
-nf_flowtable_udp_pickup - INTEGER (seconds)
- default 30
-
- UDP connection timeout after being aged from nf flow table offload.