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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] update ip-sysctl.txt documentation
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:11 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com> wrote:
> From: Ani Sinha
>> Update documentation to reflect the fact that
>> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/max_size is no longer used for ipv4.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <ani@arista.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 6 ++++--
>> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
>> index 9bffdfc..2a28261 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
>> @@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ fwmark_reflect - BOOLEAN
>> Default: 0
>>
>> route/max_size - INTEGER
>> - Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel. Increase
>> - this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes.
>> + Post linux kernel 3.6, this is deprecated for ipv4 as route cache is no
>> + longer used. For ipv6, this is used to limit the maximum number of ipv6
>> + routes allowed in the kernel. Increase this when using large numbers of
>> + interfaces and/or routes.
>
> Now imagine you are reading ip-sysctl.txt, the new text is all wrong.
> Something like:
> Limit on the size of the ip route caches.
> Ignored for ipv4 after kernel 3.6 because the ipv4 route cache was removed.
> Increase this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes.
> would read better.

Ok please take a look at my patch v2.


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