| Message ID | 4B8304C9.1030800@hp.com |
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| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:27:21 -0500 > 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> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 2571a62..8b72c88 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -1126,10 +1126,10 @@ regen_max_retry - INTEGER Default: 5 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. + Maximum number of autoconfigured addresses per interface. Setting + to zero disables the limitation. It is not recommended to set this + value too large (or to zero) because it would be an easy way to + crash the kernel by allowing too many addresses to be created. Default: 16 disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN