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Commit e79dc484 authored by Brian Haley's avatar Brian Haley Committed by David S. Miller
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IPv6: better document max_addresses parameter


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: default avatarBrian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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......@@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@ 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
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