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ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is deprecated
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164260 Upstream Status: net.git commit 695a376 commit 695a376 Author: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@gmail.com> Date: Sat Jan 21 10:23:31 2023 +1100 ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is deprecated v4: fix deprecated typo. Document that max_size is deprecated due to: commit af6d103 ("ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4") Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230120232331.1273881-1-jmaxwell37@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <haliu@redhat.com>
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Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst

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From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4
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as route cache is no longer used.
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From linux kernel 6.3 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv6
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as garbage collection manages cached route entries.
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neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
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Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not
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purge entries if there are fewer than this number.

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