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author | Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> | 2012-04-03 04:41:40 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-03 17:38:55 -0400 |
commit | 5d6bd8619db5a30668093c1b2967674645cf0736 (patch) | |
tree | ced763e4924f0aa3d153a5edd7a56ae8cd87af47 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 2f53384424251c06038ae612e56231b96ab610ee (diff) |
TCP: update ip_local_port_range documentation
The explanation of ip_local_port_range in
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt contains several factual
errors:
- The default value of ip_local_port_range does not depend on the
amount of memory available in the system.
- tcp_tw_recycle is not enabled by default.
- 1024-4999 is not the default value.
- Etc.
Clean up the mess.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index ad3e80e17b4f..bd80ba5847d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | |||
@@ -604,15 +604,8 @@ IP Variables: | |||
604 | ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS | 604 | ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS |
605 | Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to | 605 | Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to |
606 | choose the local port. The first number is the first, the | 606 | choose the local port. The first number is the first, the |
607 | second the last local port number. Default value depends on | 607 | second the last local port number. The default values are |
608 | amount of memory available on the system: | 608 | 32768 and 61000 respectively. |
609 | > 128Mb 32768-61000 | ||
610 | < 128Mb 1024-4999 or even less. | ||
611 | This number defines number of active connections, which this | ||
612 | system can issue simultaneously to systems not supporting | ||
613 | TCP extensions (timestamps). With tcp_tw_recycle enabled | ||
614 | (i.e. by default) range 1024-4999 is enough to issue up to | ||
615 | 2000 connections per second to systems supporting timestamps. | ||
616 | 609 | ||
617 | ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges | 610 | ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges |
618 | Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party | 611 | Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party |