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authorFernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>2012-04-03 04:41:40 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-03 17:38:55 -0400
commit5d6bd8619db5a30668093c1b2967674645cf0736 (patch)
treeced763e4924f0aa3d153a5edd7a56ae8cd87af47 /Documentation
parent2f53384424251c06038ae612e56231b96ab610ee (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>
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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:
604ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS 604ip_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
617ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges 610ip_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