From 695a376b59f72c249caad40da64d5cce239c5f48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Maxwell Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:23:31 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is deprecated v4: fix deprecated typo. Document that max_size is deprecated due to: commit af6d10345ca7 ("ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4") Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230120232331.1273881-1-jmaxwell37@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 7fbd060..4cc2fab 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ route/max_size - INTEGER From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4 as route cache is no longer used. + From linux kernel 6.3 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv6 + as garbage collection manages cached route entries. + neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not purge entries if there are fewer than this number. -- 2.7.4