From: Alex Henrie Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:23:09 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_valid_lft is too small X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9;p=linux.git Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_valid_lft is too small Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024212312.299370-4-alexhenrie24@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index e7ec9026e5db0..6134ff4561e8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2502,7 +2502,9 @@ use_tempaddr - INTEGER * -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices) temp_valid_lft - INTEGER - valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. + valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If less than the + minimum required lifetime (typically 5 seconds), temporary addresses + will not be created. Default: 172800 (2 days)