From: Jon Maxwell Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:23:31 +0000 (+1100) Subject: ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is deprecated X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=695a376b59f72c249caad40da64d5cce239c5f48;p=linux.git 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 --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 7fbd060d60470..4cc2fab58dea4 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.