Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Date | Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:57:49 +0100 | | From | Pierre Lombard <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] small doc update for /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_rate{mask,limit} |
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:37:26PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> Your patch does not apply, did you edit this patch by hand > before submitting it? The "#lines" in the patch chunks are > inaccurate.
Yes. I didn't thought it would break since it applied cleanly here but it did :)
A fresh & unedited version against a vanilla 2.4.17-pre8 is text-attached.
-- Best regards, Pierre Lombard diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre8/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt --- linux-2.4.17-pre8/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Wed May 16 19:21:45 2001 +++ linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Thu Dec 13 09:40:03 2001 @@ -309,13 +309,20 @@ ICMP ECHO requests sent to it or just those to broadcast/multicast addresses, respectively. -icmp_destunreach_rate - INTEGER -icmp_paramprob_rate - INTEGER -icmp_timeexceed_rate - INTEGER -icmp_echoreply_rate - INTEGER (not enabled per default) - Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets to specific targets. +icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER + Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches + icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets. 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - See the source for more information. + Default: 1 + +icmp_ratemask - INTEGER + Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. + Default: 6168 + Note: 6168 = 0x1818 = 1<<ICMP_DEST_UNREACH + 1<<ICMP_SOURCE_QUENCH + + 1<<ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED + 1<<ICMP_PARAMETERPROB, which means + dest unreachable (3), source quench (4), time exceeded (11) + and parameter problem (12) ICMP packets are rate limited + (check values in icmp.h) icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses - BOOLEAN Some routers violate RFC 1122 by sending bogus responses to broadcast diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre8/net/ipv4/icmp.c linux/net/ipv4/icmp.c --- linux-2.4.17-pre8/net/ipv4/icmp.c Wed Nov 7 23:39:36 2001 +++ linux/net/ipv4/icmp.c Thu Dec 13 09:40:03 2001 @@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ * it's bit position. * * default: - * dest unreachable (0x03), source quench (0x04), - * time exceeded (0x11), parameter problem (0x12) + * dest unreachable (3), source quench (4), + * time exceeded (11), parameter problem (12) */ int sysctl_icmp_ratelimit = 1*HZ; |  |