From: Sébastien Barré Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:20:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Revert "ipv4: Clarify in docs that accept_local requires rp_filter." X-Git-Tag: v3.18-rc1~52^2~96 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=72b126a45eaca22fb6a8788e8a89c159f3ae2ac5;p=linux.git Revert "ipv4: Clarify in docs that accept_local requires rp_filter." This reverts commit c801e3cc1925 ("ipv4: Clarify in docs that accept_local requires rp_filter."). It is not needed anymore since commit 1dced6a85482 ("ipv4: Restore accept_local behaviour in fib_validate_source()"). Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov Cc: Gregory Detal Cc: Christoph Paasch Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa Cc: Sergei Shtylyov Signed-off-by: Sébastien Barré Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index db2383cb1df9..1b5581a30d77 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -952,14 +952,9 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN FALSE (host) accept_local - BOOLEAN - Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination - with suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets - between two local interfaces over the wire and have them - accepted properly. - - rp_filter must be set to a non-zero value in order for - accept_local to have an effect. - + Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with + suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two + local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly. default FALSE route_localnet - BOOLEAN