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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt9
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/sock.h12
-rw-r--r--net/Kconfig7
-rw-r--r--net/core/sysctl_net_core.c8
-rw-r--r--net/core/utils.c2
6 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 5484ab5efd4..7aaf09b86a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1421,6 +1421,15 @@ fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will
be dropped. The default settings limit warning messages to one every five
seconds.
+warnings
+--------
+
+This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because
+of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
+this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
+disabled.
+
+
netdev_max_backlog
------------------
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index c9ccb550206..df2d9ed20a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ enum
NET_CORE_BUDGET=19,
NET_CORE_AEVENT_ETIME=20,
NET_CORE_AEVENT_RSEQTH=21,
+ NET_CORE_WARNINGS=22,
};
/* /proc/sys/net/ethernet */
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index d093e49fdc8..51246579592 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1334,14 +1334,12 @@ extern int sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);
/*
* Enable debug/info messages
*/
+extern int net_msg_warn;
+#define NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) \
+ do { if (net_msg_warn) printk(fmt,##args); } while (0)
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEBUG
-#define NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) printk(fmt,##args)
-#define LIMIT_NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) do { if (net_ratelimit()) printk(fmt,##args); } while(0)
-#else
-#define NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
-#define LIMIT_NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) do { } while(0)
-#endif
+#define LIMIT_NETDEBUG(fmt, args...) \
+ do { if (net_msg_warn && net_ratelimit()) printk(fmt,##args); } while(0)
/*
* Macros for sleeping on a socket. Use them like this:
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 915657832d9..e2d9b3b9cda 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ if NET
menu "Networking options"
-config NETDEBUG
- bool "Network packet debugging"
- help
- You can say Y here if you want to get additional messages useful in
- debugging bad packets, but can overwhelm logs under denial of service
- attacks.
-
source "net/packet/Kconfig"
source "net/unix/Kconfig"
source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 1e75b158546..b29712033dd 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ ctl_table core_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec
},
+ {
+ .ctl_name = NET_CORE_WARNINGS,
+ .procname = "warnings",
+ .data = &net_msg_warn,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec
+ },
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 07236c17fab..34f08107b98 100644
--- a/net/core/utils.c
+++ b/net/core/utils.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
int net_msg_cost = 5*HZ;
int net_msg_burst = 10;
+int net_msg_warn = 1;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_msg_warn);
/*
* All net warning printk()s should be guarded by this function.