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Subject: Re: [net-next v3] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated
To:     Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@gmail.com>, davem@davemloft.net
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On 19/01/2023 22:40, Jon Maxwell wrote:
> v3: Change kernel version from 6.2 to 6.3. Add "commit" in front of hash.
> 
> Document that max_size is depreciated due to:

typo: deprecated (also in Subject line).

> 
> commit 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(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
> index 7fbd060d6047..4cc2fab58dea 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 6.3 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.
>