* [PATCH net] net: change tcp_syn_retries documentation
@ 2016-01-20 8:12 Xin Long
2016-01-21 2:55 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Xin Long @ 2016-01-20 8:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: network dev; +Cc: davem
Documentation should be kept consistent with the code:
static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT;
#define MAX_TCP_SYNCNT 127
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ceb44a0..73b36d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ tcp_fastopen - INTEGER
tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER
Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt
- will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value
+ will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 127. Default value
is 6, which corresponds to 63seconds till the last retransmission
with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout
for an active TCP connection attempt will happen after 127seconds.
--
2.1.0
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* Re: [PATCH net] net: change tcp_syn_retries documentation
2016-01-20 8:12 [PATCH net] net: change tcp_syn_retries documentation Xin Long
@ 2016-01-21 2:55 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2016-01-21 2:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: lucien.xin; +Cc: netdev
From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:12:33 +0800
> Documentation should be kept consistent with the code:
>
> static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT;
> #define MAX_TCP_SYNCNT 127
>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Applied.
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