[RFC] Better document net.inet6 sysctls and prune dead sysctls (fwd)

Garrett Cooper yanegomi at gmail.com
Sat Dec 1 06:20:35 UTC 2012


On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Bruce Evans wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>
>> 	As noted in a previous thread, I set out to better document the 
>> net.inet6 sysctls after having to tweak the knobs to get things to work for 
>> TAHI, and this is the resulting draft (so far). I also took the liberty of 
>> removing the ip6_rr_prune and icmp6_redirtimeout sysctls because they 
>> weren't in use anywhere else in the sys/... portion of the tree. I was 
>> wondering if there are any points that should be corrected/clarified before 
>> I submit a PR with the resulting patch.
> 
> It would be good to fix the style bugs when changing lots.
> 
>> Index: sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(revision 242903)
>> +++ sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(working copy)
>> @@ -443,7 +441,6 @@
>> 
>> /* ICMPV6 parameters */
>> VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_rediraccept) = 1;/* accept and process redirects */
>> -VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_redirtimeout) = 10 * 60;	/* 10 minutes */
>> VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6errppslim) = 100;		/* 100pps */
>> /* control how to respond to NI queries */
>> VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_nodeinfo) =
>> @@ -515,15 +512,20 @@
>> }
>> 
>> SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_FORWARDING, forwarding, CTLFLAG_RW,
>> -	&VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0, "");
>> +	&VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0,
>> +	"Forward IPv6 packets via node.");
> 
> All the sysctl names spell ipv6 without a v.  This is hard to fix.  This
> bug is missing in the names of the sysctl numbers, but it is a bug to
> used named numbers instead of OID_AUTO in code newer than OID_AUTO, and
> ipv6 is much newer.
> 
> New style bug in almost every description.  Sysctl descriptions are not
> normally terminated by a ".".
> 
> Old style bug in almost every ipv6 sysctl.  Large SYSCTL declarations are
> normally normally-indented, with 4-space continuation indents.  This rule
> is broken farily consistenly in ipv6 sysctl.  More ivp4 SYSCTL descriptions
> are actually formatted normally.
> 
>> @@ -594,35 +613,45 @@
>> #define	V_ip6_output_flowtable_size VNET(ip6_output_flowtable_size)
>> 
>> SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, OID_AUTO, output_flowtable_size, 
>> CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
>> -    &VNET_NAME(ip6_output_flowtable_size), 2048,
>> -    "number of entries in the per-cpu output flow caches");
>> +	&VNET_NAME(ip6_output_flowtable_size), 2048,
>> +	"number of entries in the per-cpu output flow caches");
>> ...
> 
> Here the formatting change is backwards (from normal continuation indent
> to abnormal ipv6 continuation indent.
> 
> This and some other old sysctl descriptions have differnent style bugs:
> they are normally terminated (not with a '.'), but are not normally
> capitalized (with capaitals).
> 
>> SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_PRUNE, nd6_prune, 
>> CTLFLAG_RW,
> 
> Some mailer mangled the formatting (the line isn't too long and shouldn't
> have been mangled).
> 
>> -	&VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0, "");
>> +	&VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0,
>> +	"Period (in seconds) for performing nd6 expiration checks of default "
> 
> More mangling by some mailer.
> 
>> +	"routes and prefix lists");
> 
> However, the string is too long.  The message is obfuscated by splitting it.
> This keeps the line length short in the source code, but it is still too
> long in the output.  Sysctl descriptions should be no longer than 50 or
> 60 characters, since the sysctl name will expand the output by 20 or 30
> characters.  sysctl names longer than 20 or 30 are a larger bug, since
> they are hard to write as well as hard to read.
> 
> This sysctl description is normally terminated (not with a ".").
> 
>> ...
>> SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_UMAXTRIES, nd6_umaxtries,
>> -	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0, "");
>> +	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0,
>> +	"Maximum number of unicast queries to perform via nd6.");
> 
> Another type of sysctl misformatting is generated by names that are so
> verbose that CTLFLAG* cannot be formatted normally (on the first line).
> 
> I missed earlier instances of these bugs.
> 
> Statistic on output style in sysctl descriptions: on freefall now:
> sysctl -da:                    3546 lines
> sysctl -da | grep -v ': *$':   3192 lines
>    [this filters out sysctls with null descriptions.  The output is
>    misformatted with a space before the null description]
> sysctl -nda:                   3546 lines
> sysctl -nda | grep -v '^: *$': 3192 lines
>    [since this 3192 is the same as the number of sysctls with non-null
>    descreiptions, there must be no multi-line descriptions with embedded
>    newlines]
> sysctl -nda | grep -v '^: *$' | grep -v '^[A-Z]':
>                               1555 lines
>    [most of non-capitalizations are style bugs.  The last 1395 of them
>    are automatically generated for device sysctls.  This is part of 5
>    lines of automatically generated spam for device sysctls (descriptions
>    are duplicated ad spamium for %desc, %driver, %location, %pnpinfo and
>    %parent).  A few are correct because they are for a proper name or
>    keyword or a number]
> sysctl -nda | grep -v '^: *$' | grep '\.$':
>                                 74 lines
>    [the style bug of terminating with a '.' is uncommon.  In a few cases
>    it goes with the larger style bug of a multi-line description]
> sysctl -nda | grep -v '^: *$' | grep '.... [81 dots]':
>                                 11 lines
>    [these lines are too long even without the sysctl names.  Abnormal
>    termination is denser than usual in these lines (8 of 11)]
> sysctl -nda | grep -v '^: *$' | grep '\..*\.':
>                                  8 lines
>    [2 of these are for multi-sentence descriptions].

Bruce,
 	Is this better? I tried to be consistent about using v6 properly 
when dealing with protocols in order to match what the IETF did and I 
believe I properly integrated in your comments.
Thanks!
-Garrett

Index: sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(revision 243557)
+++ sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(working copy)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  #endif

  /*
- * TCP/IP protocol family: IP6, ICMP6, UDP, TCP.
+ * TCP/IP protocol family: IPv6, ICMPv6, UDPv6, TCPv6.
   */
  FEATURE(inet6, "Internet Protocol version 6");

@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@
   */
  #ifndef	IPV6FORWARDING
  #ifdef GATEWAY6
-#define	IPV6FORWARDING	1	/* forward IP6 packets not for us */
+#define	IPV6FORWARDING	1	/* forward IPv6 packets */
  #else
-#define	IPV6FORWARDING	0	/* don't forward IP6 packets not for us 
*/
+#define	IPV6FORWARDING	0	/* don't forward IPv6 packets */
  #endif /* GATEWAY6 */
  #endif /* !IPV6FORWARDING */

@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@
  VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_auto_flowlabel) = 1;
  VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_use_deprecated) = 1;/* allow deprecated addr
  					 * (RFC2462 5.5.4) */
-VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_rr_prune) = 5;	/* router renumbering prefix
-					 * walk list every 5 sec. */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_mcast_pmtu) = 0;	/* enable pMTU discovery for multicast? 
*/
  VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_v6only) = 1;

@@ -431,7 +429,7 @@
  VNET_DEFINE(int, pmtu_expire) = 60*10;
  VNET_DEFINE(int, pmtu_probe) = 60*2;

-/* raw IP6 parameters */
+/* raw IPV6 parameters */
  /*
   * Nominal space allocated to a raw ip socket.
   */
@@ -443,13 +441,12 @@

  /* ICMPV6 parameters */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_rediraccept) = 1;/* accept and process redirects */
-VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_redirtimeout) = 10 * 60;	/* 10 minutes */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6errppslim) = 100;		/* 100pps */
  /* control how to respond to NI queries */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_nodeinfo) =
      (ICMP6_NODEINFO_FQDNOK|ICMP6_NODEINFO_NODEADDROK);

-/* UDP on IP6 parameters */
+/* UDP on IPv6 parameters */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, udp6_sendspace) = 9216;/* really max datagram size */
  VNET_DEFINE(int, udp6_recvspace) = 40 * (1024 + sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
  					/* 40 1K datagrams */
@@ -461,12 +458,12 @@
  	"Internet6 Family");

  /* net.inet6 */
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_IPV6,	ip6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"IP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ICMPV6,	icmp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"ICMP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_UDP,	udp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"UDP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_TCP,	tcp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"TCP6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_IPV6,	ip6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"IPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ICMPV6,	icmp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"ICMPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_UDP,	udp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"UDPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_TCP,	tcp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"TCPv6");
  #ifdef SCTP
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_SCTP,	sctp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"SCTP6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_SCTP,	sctp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"SCTPv6");
  #endif
  #ifdef IPSEC
  SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ESP,	ipsec6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0, 
"IPSEC6");
@@ -515,77 +512,99 @@
  }

  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_FORWARDING, forwarding, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0,
+    "Forward IPv6 packets via node");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_SENDREDIRECTS, redirect, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_sendredirects), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_sendredirects), 0,
+    "Redirect IPv6 packets via node");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DEFHLIM, hlim, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_defhlim), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_defhlim), 0,
+    "Default hop limit for IPv6 unicast packets");
  SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_STATS, stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6stat), ip6stat, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6stat), ip6stat,
+    "IPv6 statistics");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGPACKETS, maxfragpackets,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfragpackets), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfragpackets), 0,
+    "Maximum number of fragmented packets to process");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_ACCEPT_RTADV, accept_rtadv,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_accept_rtadv), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag for accepting ICMPv6 Router"
-	"Advertisement messages");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_accept_rtadv), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag for accepting ICMPv6 Router"
+    "Advertisement messages");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_NO_RADR, no_radr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_no_radr), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag to control whether routers "
-	"sending ICMPv6 RA messages on that interface are added into the "
-	"default router list.");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_no_radr), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag to control whether routers "
+    "sending ICMPv6 RA messages on that interface are added into the "
+    "default router list");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_NORBIT_RAIF, norbit_raif, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_norbit_raif), 0,
-	"Always set 0 to R flag in ICMPv6 NA messages when accepting RA"
-	" on the interface.");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_norbit_raif), 0,
+    "Always set 0 to R flag in ICMPv6 NA messages when accepting RA "
+    "on the interface");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RFC6204W3, rfc6204w3,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_rfc6204w3), 0,
-	"Accept the default router list from ICMPv6 RA messages even "
-	"when packet forwarding enabled.");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_rfc6204w3), 0,
+    "Accept the default router list from ICMPv6 RA messages even when packet "
+    "forwarding enabled");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_KEEPFAITH, keepfaith, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_keepfaith), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_keepfaith), 0,
+    "");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_LOG_INTERVAL, log_interval,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_log_interval), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_log_interval), 0,
+    "Period (in secs) for throttling logging for high-traffic operations");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_HDRNESTLIMIT, hdrnestlimit,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_hdrnestlimit), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_hdrnestlimit), 0,
+    "Maximum number of nested header options to process");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DAD_COUNT, dad_count, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_dad_count), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_dad_count), 0,
+    "Number of Duplicate Address Detection attempts to try before "
+    "disabling interface.  Setting the value to 0 disables DAD");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_AUTO_FLOWLABEL, auto_flowlabel,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_flowlabel), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_flowlabel), 0,
+    "Automatically attach a flowlabel to IPv6 packets");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DEFMCASTHLIM, defmcasthlim,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_defmcasthlim), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_defmcasthlim), 0,
+    "Default hop limit for ip6 multicast packets");
  SYSCTL_STRING(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_KAME_VERSION, kame_version,
-	CTLFLAG_RD, __KAME_VERSION, 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RD, __KAME_VERSION, 0,
+    "");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USE_DEPRECATED, use_deprecated,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_deprecated), 0, "");
-SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RR_PRUNE, rr_prune, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_rr_prune), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_deprecated), 0,
+    "Use deprecated IPv6 support");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USETEMPADDR, use_tempaddr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_tempaddr), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_tempaddr), 0,
+    "Use a temporary address when establishing address via SLAAC");
  SYSCTL_VNET_PROC(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_TEMPPLTIME, temppltime,
-	CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_preferred_lifetime), 0,
-   	sysctl_ip6_temppltime, "I", "");
+    CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_preferred_lifetime), 0,
+    sysctl_ip6_temppltime, "I",
+    "Preferred lifetime (in secs) for a temporary address");
  SYSCTL_VNET_PROC(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_TEMPVLTIME, tempvltime,
-	CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_valid_lifetime), 0,
-   	sysctl_ip6_tempvltime, "I", "");
+    CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_valid_lifetime), 0,
+    sysctl_ip6_tempvltime, "I",
+    "Valid lifetime (in secs) for a temporary address");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_V6ONLY, v6only,	CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_v6only), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_v6only), 0,
+    "Allow IPv4-mapped ip6 addresses per RFC 3493");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_AUTO_LINKLOCAL, auto_linklocal,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_linklocal), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag for automatically adding an IPv6"
-	" link-local address to interfaces when attached");
-SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RIP6STATS, rip6stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(rip6stat), rip6stat, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_linklocal), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag for automatically adding an ip6 "
+    "link-local address to interfaces when attached");
+SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RIPV6STATS, rip6stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
+    &VNET_NAME(rip6stat), rip6stat,
+    "RIP6 statistics");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_PREFER_TEMPADDR, prefer_tempaddr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_prefer_tempaddr), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_prefer_tempaddr), 0,
+    "Prefer the temporary address assigned when performing NUD");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USE_DEFAULTZONE, use_defaultzone,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_defzone), 0,"");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_defzone), 0,
+    "Use the default scope zone if not explicitly provided");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGS, maxfrags, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfrags), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfrags), 0,
+    "Maximum number of fragments to hold in the reassembly queue");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MCAST_PMTU, mcast_pmtu, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_mcast_pmtu), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_mcast_pmtu), 0,
+    "Enable multicast pMTU discovery");
  #ifdef IPSTEALTH
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_STEALTH, stealth, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6stealth), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6stealth), 0,
+    "IPv6 stealth mode. No hop limit decrementation on forwarding");
  #endif

  #ifdef FLOWTABLE
@@ -600,29 +619,39 @@

  /* net.inet6.icmp6 */
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_REDIRACCEPT, rediraccept,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_rediraccept), 0, "");
-SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_REDIRTIMEOUT, redirtimeout,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_redirtimeout), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_rediraccept), 0,
+    "Accept and process router redirects");
  SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_STATS, stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(icmp6stat), icmp6stat, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(icmp6stat), icmp6stat,
+    "ICMPv6 statistics");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_PRUNE, nd6_prune, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0,
+    "Period (in secs) for checking for stale router entries via nd6");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_DELAY, nd6_delay, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_delay), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_delay), 0,
+    "Delay (in secs) before performing NUD on stale nodes");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_UMAXTRIES, nd6_umaxtries,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0,
+    "Maximum number of unicast queries to perform via nd6");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_MMAXTRIES, nd6_mmaxtries,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_mmaxtries), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_mmaxtries), 0,
+    "Maximum number of multicast queries to perform via nd6");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_USELOOPBACK, nd6_useloopback,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_useloopback), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_useloopback), 0,
+    "Use loopback interface for local traffic");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_NODEINFO, nodeinfo, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(icmp6_nodeinfo), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(icmp6_nodeinfo), 0,
+    "Node information state");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ERRPPSLIMIT, errppslimit,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6errppslim), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6errppslim), 0,
+    "Packets per second limit for ICMPv6 queries");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_MAXNUDHINT, nd6_maxnudhint,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_maxnudhint), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_maxnudhint), 0,
+    "Maximum number of upper layer hints");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_DEBUG, nd6_debug, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_debug), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_debug), 0,
+    "");
  SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_ONLINKNSRFC4861,
-	nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861, CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861),
-	0, "Accept 'on-link' nd6 NS in compliance with RFC 4861.");
+    nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861,
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861), 0,
+    "Accept 'on-link' nd6 NS in compliance with RFC 4861");
-------------- next part --------------
Index: sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(revision 243557)
+++ sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	(working copy)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * TCP/IP protocol family: IP6, ICMP6, UDP, TCP.
+ * TCP/IP protocol family: IPv6, ICMPv6, UDPv6, TCPv6.
  */
 FEATURE(inet6, "Internet Protocol version 6");
 
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@
  */
 #ifndef	IPV6FORWARDING
 #ifdef GATEWAY6
-#define	IPV6FORWARDING	1	/* forward IP6 packets not for us */
+#define	IPV6FORWARDING	1	/* forward IPv6 packets */
 #else
-#define	IPV6FORWARDING	0	/* don't forward IP6 packets not for us */
+#define	IPV6FORWARDING	0	/* don't forward IPv6 packets */
 #endif /* GATEWAY6 */
 #endif /* !IPV6FORWARDING */
 
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@
 VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_auto_flowlabel) = 1;
 VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_use_deprecated) = 1;/* allow deprecated addr
 					 * (RFC2462 5.5.4) */
-VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_rr_prune) = 5;	/* router renumbering prefix
-					 * walk list every 5 sec. */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_mcast_pmtu) = 0;	/* enable pMTU discovery for multicast? */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_v6only) = 1;
 
@@ -431,7 +429,7 @@
 VNET_DEFINE(int, pmtu_expire) = 60*10;
 VNET_DEFINE(int, pmtu_probe) = 60*2;
 
-/* raw IP6 parameters */
+/* raw IPV6 parameters */
 /*
  * Nominal space allocated to a raw ip socket.
  */
@@ -443,13 +441,12 @@
 
 /* ICMPV6 parameters */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_rediraccept) = 1;/* accept and process redirects */
-VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_redirtimeout) = 10 * 60;	/* 10 minutes */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6errppslim) = 100;		/* 100pps */
 /* control how to respond to NI queries */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, icmp6_nodeinfo) =
     (ICMP6_NODEINFO_FQDNOK|ICMP6_NODEINFO_NODEADDROK);
 
-/* UDP on IP6 parameters */
+/* UDP on IPv6 parameters */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, udp6_sendspace) = 9216;/* really max datagram size */
 VNET_DEFINE(int, udp6_recvspace) = 40 * (1024 + sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
 					/* 40 1K datagrams */
@@ -461,12 +458,12 @@
 	"Internet6 Family");
 
 /* net.inet6 */
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_IPV6,	ip6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"IP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ICMPV6,	icmp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"ICMP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_UDP,	udp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"UDP6");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_TCP,	tcp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"TCP6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_IPV6,	ip6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"IPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ICMPV6,	icmp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"ICMPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_UDP,	udp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"UDPv6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_TCP,	tcp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"TCPv6");
 #ifdef SCTP
-SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_SCTP,	sctp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"SCTP6");
+SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_SCTP,	sctp6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"SCTPv6");
 #endif
 #ifdef IPSEC
 SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet6,	IPPROTO_ESP,	ipsec6,	CTLFLAG_RW, 0,	"IPSEC6");
@@ -515,77 +512,99 @@
 }
 
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_FORWARDING, forwarding, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_forwarding), 0,
+    "Forward IPv6 packets via node");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_SENDREDIRECTS, redirect, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_sendredirects), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_sendredirects), 0,
+    "Redirect IPv6 packets via node");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DEFHLIM, hlim, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_defhlim), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_defhlim), 0,
+    "Default hop limit for IPv6 unicast packets");
 SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_STATS, stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6stat), ip6stat, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6stat), ip6stat,
+    "IPv6 statistics");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGPACKETS, maxfragpackets,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfragpackets), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfragpackets), 0,
+    "Maximum number of fragmented packets to process");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_ACCEPT_RTADV, accept_rtadv,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_accept_rtadv), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag for accepting ICMPv6 Router"
-	"Advertisement messages");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_accept_rtadv), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag for accepting ICMPv6 Router"
+    "Advertisement messages");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_NO_RADR, no_radr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_no_radr), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag to control whether routers "
-	"sending ICMPv6 RA messages on that interface are added into the "
-	"default router list.");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_no_radr), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag to control whether routers "
+    "sending ICMPv6 RA messages on that interface are added into the "
+    "default router list");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_NORBIT_RAIF, norbit_raif, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_norbit_raif), 0,
-	"Always set 0 to R flag in ICMPv6 NA messages when accepting RA"
-	" on the interface.");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_norbit_raif), 0,
+    "Always set 0 to R flag in ICMPv6 NA messages when accepting RA "
+    "on the interface");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RFC6204W3, rfc6204w3,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_rfc6204w3), 0,
-	"Accept the default router list from ICMPv6 RA messages even "
-	"when packet forwarding enabled.");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_rfc6204w3), 0,
+    "Accept the default router list from ICMPv6 RA messages even when packet "
+    "forwarding enabled");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_KEEPFAITH, keepfaith, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_keepfaith), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_keepfaith), 0,
+    "");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_LOG_INTERVAL, log_interval,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_log_interval), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_log_interval), 0,
+    "Period (in secs) for throttling logging for high-traffic operations");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_HDRNESTLIMIT, hdrnestlimit,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_hdrnestlimit), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_hdrnestlimit), 0,
+    "Maximum number of nested header options to process");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DAD_COUNT, dad_count, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_dad_count), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_dad_count), 0,
+    "Number of Duplicate Address Detection attempts to try before "
+    "disabling interface.  Setting the value to 0 disables DAD");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_AUTO_FLOWLABEL, auto_flowlabel,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_flowlabel), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_flowlabel), 0,
+    "Automatically attach a flowlabel to IPv6 packets");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_DEFMCASTHLIM, defmcasthlim,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_defmcasthlim), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_defmcasthlim), 0,
+    "Default hop limit for ip6 multicast packets");
 SYSCTL_STRING(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_KAME_VERSION, kame_version,
-	CTLFLAG_RD, __KAME_VERSION, 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RD, __KAME_VERSION, 0,
+    "");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USE_DEPRECATED, use_deprecated,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_deprecated), 0, "");
-SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RR_PRUNE, rr_prune, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_rr_prune), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_deprecated), 0,
+    "Use deprecated IPv6 support");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USETEMPADDR, use_tempaddr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_tempaddr), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_tempaddr), 0,
+    "Use a temporary address when establishing address via SLAAC");
 SYSCTL_VNET_PROC(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_TEMPPLTIME, temppltime,
-	CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_preferred_lifetime), 0,
-   	sysctl_ip6_temppltime, "I", "");
+    CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_preferred_lifetime), 0,
+    sysctl_ip6_temppltime, "I",
+    "Preferred lifetime (in secs) for a temporary address");
 SYSCTL_VNET_PROC(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_TEMPVLTIME, tempvltime,
-	CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_valid_lifetime), 0,
-   	sysctl_ip6_tempvltime, "I", "");
+    CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_temp_valid_lifetime), 0,
+    sysctl_ip6_tempvltime, "I",
+    "Valid lifetime (in secs) for a temporary address");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_V6ONLY, v6only,	CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_v6only), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_v6only), 0,
+    "Allow IPv4-mapped ip6 addresses per RFC 3493");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_AUTO_LINKLOCAL, auto_linklocal,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_linklocal), 0,
-	"Default value of per-interface flag for automatically adding an IPv6"
-	" link-local address to interfaces when attached");
-SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RIP6STATS, rip6stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(rip6stat), rip6stat, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_auto_linklocal), 0,
+    "Default value of per-interface flag for automatically adding an ip6 "
+    "link-local address to interfaces when attached");
+SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_RIPV6STATS, rip6stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
+    &VNET_NAME(rip6stat), rip6stat,
+    "RIP6 statistics");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_PREFER_TEMPADDR, prefer_tempaddr,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_prefer_tempaddr), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_prefer_tempaddr), 0,
+    "Prefer the temporary address assigned when performing NUD");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_USE_DEFAULTZONE, use_defaultzone,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_defzone), 0,"");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(ip6_use_defzone), 0,
+    "Use the default scope zone if not explicitly provided");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGS, maxfrags, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfrags), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_maxfrags), 0,
+    "Maximum number of fragments to hold in the reassembly queue");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_MCAST_PMTU, mcast_pmtu, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6_mcast_pmtu), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6_mcast_pmtu), 0,
+    "Enable multicast pMTU discovery");
 #ifdef IPSTEALTH
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_ip6, IPV6CTL_STEALTH, stealth, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(ip6stealth), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(ip6stealth), 0,
+    "IPv6 stealth mode. No hop limit decrementation on forwarding");
 #endif
 
 #ifdef FLOWTABLE
@@ -600,29 +619,39 @@
 
 /* net.inet6.icmp6 */
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_REDIRACCEPT, rediraccept,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_rediraccept), 0, "");
-SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_REDIRTIMEOUT, redirtimeout,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_redirtimeout), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6_rediraccept), 0,
+    "Accept and process router redirects");
 SYSCTL_VNET_STRUCT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_STATS, stats, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(icmp6stat), icmp6stat, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(icmp6stat), icmp6stat,
+    "ICMPv6 statistics");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_PRUNE, nd6_prune, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_prune), 0,
+    "Period (in secs) for checking for stale router entries via nd6");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_DELAY, nd6_delay, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_delay), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_delay), 0,
+    "Delay (in secs) before performing NUD on stale nodes");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_UMAXTRIES, nd6_umaxtries,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_umaxtries), 0,
+    "Maximum number of unicast queries to perform via nd6");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_MMAXTRIES, nd6_mmaxtries,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_mmaxtries), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_mmaxtries), 0,
+    "Maximum number of multicast queries to perform via nd6");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_USELOOPBACK, nd6_useloopback,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_useloopback), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_useloopback), 0,
+    "Use loopback interface for local traffic");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_NODEINFO, nodeinfo, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(icmp6_nodeinfo), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(icmp6_nodeinfo), 0,
+    "Node information state");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ERRPPSLIMIT, errppslimit,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6errppslim), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(icmp6errppslim), 0,
+    "Packets per second limit for ICMPv6 queries");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_MAXNUDHINT, nd6_maxnudhint,
-	CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_maxnudhint), 0, "");
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_maxnudhint), 0,
+    "Maximum number of upper layer hints");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_DEBUG, nd6_debug, CTLFLAG_RW,
-	&VNET_NAME(nd6_debug), 0, "");
+    &VNET_NAME(nd6_debug), 0,
+    "");
 SYSCTL_VNET_INT(_net_inet6_icmp6, ICMPV6CTL_ND6_ONLINKNSRFC4861,
-	nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861, CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861),
-	0, "Accept 'on-link' nd6 NS in compliance with RFC 4861.");
+    nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861,
+    CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(nd6_onlink_ns_rfc4861), 0,
+    "Accept 'on-link' nd6 NS in compliance with RFC 4861");


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