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authorBrian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>2010-02-22 07:27:21 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-02-23 04:25:00 -0500
commite79dc48431e7731f5bb6bab8f6b499fe03802ca0 (patch)
treed4d6c2a1291fce98b69a25a6cc3ddcaf47fee53b /Documentation/networking
parentf5ca8502f70ccc77008b7bee671f5301995240a4 (diff)
IPv6: better document max_addresses parameter
Andrew Morton wrote: >> >From ip-sysctl.txt file in kernel documentation I can see following description >> for max_addresses: >> max_addresses - INTEGER >> Number of maximum addresses per interface. 0 disables limitation. >> It is recommended not set too large value (or 0) because it would >> be too easy way to crash kernel to allow to create too much of >> autoconfigured addresses. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> If this parameter applies only for auto-configured IP addressed, please state >> it more clearly in docs or rename the parameter to show that it refers to >> auto-configuration. It did mention autoconfigured in the text, but the below makes it more obvious. More clearly document IPv6 max_addresses parameter. Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 006b39dec87d..e87f3cdc8a6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@ regen_max_retry - INTEGER
1074 Default: 5 1074 Default: 5
1075 1075
1076max_addresses - INTEGER 1076max_addresses - INTEGER
1077 Number of maximum addresses per interface. 0 disables limitation. 1077 Maximum number of autoconfigured addresses per interface. Setting
1078 It is recommended not set too large value (or 0) because it would 1078 to zero disables the limitation. It is not recommended to set this
1079 be too easy way to crash kernel to allow to create too much of 1079 value too large (or to zero) because it would be an easy way to
1080 autoconfigured addresses. 1080 crash the kernel by allowing too many addresses to be created.
1081 Default: 16 1081 Default: 16
1082 1082
1083disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN 1083disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN