From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
To: nedyalkor@gmail.com
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org,
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] IPv6: better document max_addresses parameter
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:27:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B8304C9.1030800@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100222130858.3c186888.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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>
---
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-22 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <bug-15342-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
2010-02-22 21:08 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 15342] New: max_address parameter is not taken into consideration when IPv6 addresses are created Andrew Morton
2010-02-22 22:27 ` Brian Haley [this message]
2010-02-23 9:25 ` [PATCH] IPv6: better document max_addresses parameter David Miller
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