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{etc,man}: improve check_route address notification flag documentation (#301)
Improve the man page for the check_route address notification flag. Add check_route to the comments of mptcpd.conf.in. Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <[email protected]>
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etc/mptcpd.conf.in

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# skip_loopback
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# Ignore (do not notify) host (loopback) address updates
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#
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# check_route
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# Notify address only if a default route is available from such
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# address and the related device. If the route check fails, it
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# will be re-done after a little timeout, to allow e.g. DHCP to
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# configure the host properly. Complex policy routing
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# configuration may confuse or circumvent this check.
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#
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# These flags determine whether mptpcd plugins will be notified when
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# related addresses are updated.
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# notify-flags=existing,skip_link_local,skip_loopback
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# notify-flags=existing,skip_link_local,skip_loopback,check_route
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# --------------------------
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# Plugins to load

man/mptcpd.8.in

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.RS
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.I check_route
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notify address only if a default route is available from such
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address and the related device. If the route check fails, it will
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re-done after a little timeout, to allow .e.g. DHCP to configure the
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host properly. Complex Policy routing configuration may confuse or
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notify address only if a default route is available from such address
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and the related device. If the route check fails, it will be re-done
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after a little timeout, to allow e.g. DHCP to configure the host
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properly. Complex policy routing configuration may confuse or
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circumvent this check.
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These flags determine whether mptpcd plugins will be notified when
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related addresses are updated, e.g.
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.B --notify-flags=existing,skip_link_local,check_route
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.B --notify-flags=existing,skip_link_local,skip_loopback,check_route
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