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| author | Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com> | 2021-07-06 15:44:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Aleksandr Nogikh <wp32pw@gmail.com> | 2021-07-07 10:50:26 +0200 |
| commit | bbe0b1e942b7610fb168fbc9edd333b3f4bc4b27 (patch) | |
| tree | d97e3a67b2a0dd2e366332ca7121ab39d497c797 /docs/linux/kernel_configs.md | |
| parent | 6838e1d3fb7e343e0d851f576def1bd347abc614 (diff) | |
docs/linux: recommend setting net.ifnames to 0
When net.ifnames is set to 1, syzkaller might not be able to connect
to the virtual machines. Add the corresponding recommendations to the
documentation as well as a note to the troubleshooting guide.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/linux/kernel_configs.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/linux/kernel_configs.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/linux/kernel_configs.md b/docs/linux/kernel_configs.md index ebd907955..b6dc311c2 100644 --- a/docs/linux/kernel_configs.md +++ b/docs/linux/kernel_configs.md @@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ It is recommended to disable the following config (and required if your kernel d # CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is not set ``` +It is also recommended to disable the Predictable Network Interface Names mechanism. This can be done +either via syzkaller configuration (see details [here](troubleshooting.md)) or by adjusting the following configs: +``` +CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y +CONFIG_CMDLINE="net.ifnames=0" +``` + ## Bug detection configs Syzkaller is meant to be used with |