From 18ac597af25e9760b76471524096f5b29eb820e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Prestwood Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 10:36:29 -0700 Subject: net: ndisc: introduce ndisc_evict_nocarrier sysctl parameter In most situations the neighbor discovery cache should be cleared on a NOCARRIER event which is currently done unconditionally. But for wireless roams the neighbor discovery cache can and should remain intact since the underlying network has not changed. This patch introduces a sysctl option ndisc_evict_nocarrier which can be disabled by a wireless supplicant during a roam. This allows packets to be sent after a roam immediately without having to wait for neighbor discovery. A user reported roughly a 1 second delay after a roam before packets could be sent out (note, on IPv4). This delay was due to the ARP cache being cleared. During testing of this same scenario using IPv6 no delay was noticed, but regardless there is no reason to clear the ndisc cache for wireless roams. Signed-off-by: James Prestwood Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/networking') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 18fde4ed7a5e..c61cc0219f4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2350,6 +2350,15 @@ ndisc_tclass - INTEGER * 0 - (default) +ndisc_evict_nocarrier - BOOLEAN + Clears the neighbor discovery table on NOCARRIER events. This option is + important for wireless devices where the neighbor discovery cache should + not be cleared when roaming between access points on the same network. + In most cases this should remain as the default (1). + + - 1 - (default): Clear neighbor discover cache on NOCARRIER events. + - 0 - Do not clear neighbor discovery cache on NOCARRIER events. + mldv1_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited MLDv1 report retransmit will take place. -- cgit v1.2.3