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[net-next] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated

Message ID 20230116002157.513502-1-jmaxwell37@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated | expand

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Commit Message

Jonathan Maxwell Jan. 16, 2023, 12:21 a.m. UTC
Document that max_size is depreciated due to:

af6d10345ca7 ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4

Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

Paolo Abeni Jan. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

On Mon, 2023-01-16 at 11:21 +1100, Jon Maxwell wrote:
> Document that max_size is depreciated due to:
> 
> af6d10345ca7 ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4

I'm sorry for the nit picking, could you please use the standard commit
reference? commit <hash> ("<title>")

Thanks!

Paolo
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 7fbd060d6047..edf1fcd10c5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@  route/max_size - INTEGER
 	From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4
 	as route cache is no longer used.
 
+	From linux kernel 6.2 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv6
+	as garbage collection manages cached route entries.
+
 neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
 	Minimum number of entries to keep.  Garbage collector will not
 	purge entries if there are fewer than this number.