Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1436 commits)
  cassini: Use local-mac-address prom property for Cassini MAC address
  net: remove the duplicate #ifdef __KERNEL__
  net: bridge: check the length of skb after nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header()
  netconsole: clarify stopping message
  netconsole: don't announce stopping if nothing happened
  cnic: Fix the type field in SPQ messages
  netfilter: fix export secctx error handling
  netfilter: fix the race when initializing nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd
  ipv4: IP defragmentation must be ECN aware
  net: r6040: Return proper error for r6040_init_one
  dcb: use after free in dcb_flushapp()
  dcb: unlock on error in dcbnl_ieee_get()
  net: ixp4xx_eth: Return proper error for eth_init_one
  include/linux/if_ether.h: Add #define ETH_P_LINK_CTL for HPNA and wlan local tunnel
  net: add POLLPRI to sock_def_readable()
  af_unix: Avoid socket->sk NULL OOPS in stream connect security hooks.
  net_sched: pfifo_head_drop problem
  mac80211: remove stray extern
  mac80211: implement off-channel TX using hw r-o-c offload
  mac80211: implement hardware offload for remain-on-channel
  ...

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 3c5e465296e..d99940dcfc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ ip_forward - BOOLEAN
 	for routers)
 
 ip_default_ttl - INTEGER
-	default 64
+	Default value of TTL field (Time To Live) for outgoing (but not
+	forwarded) IP packets. Should be between 1 and 255 inclusive.
+	Default: 64 (as recommended by RFC1700)
 
 ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN
 	Disable Path MTU Discovery.
@@ -708,10 +710,28 @@ igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER
 	Change the maximum number of multicast groups we can subscribe to.
 	Default: 20
 
-conf/interface/*  changes special settings per interface (where "interface" is
-		  the name of your network interface)
-conf/all/*	  is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
+	Theoretical maximum value is bounded by having to send a membership
+	report in a single datagram (i.e. the report can't span multiple
+	datagrams, or risk confusing the switch and leaving groups you don't
+	intend to).
 
+	The number of supported groups 'M' is bounded by the number of group
+	report entries you can fit into a single datagram of 65535 bytes.
+
+	M = 65536-sizeof (ip header)/(sizeof(Group record))
+
+	Group records are variable length, with a minimum of 12 bytes.
+	So net.ipv4.igmp_max_memberships should not be set higher than:
+
+	(65536-24) / 12 = 5459
+
+	The value 5459 assumes no IP header options, so in practice
+	this number may be lower.
+
+	conf/interface/*  changes special settings per interface (where
+	"interface" is the name of your network interface)
+
+	conf/all/*	  is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
 
 log_martians - BOOLEAN
 	Log packets with impossible addresses to kernel log.