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| author | Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> | 2023-10-24 23:23:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-10-26 03:23:07 +0200 |
| commit | 433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3530e482921d4f7c32742622ef011043bbc2c1c3 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred_lft to the minimum required (diff) | |
| download | linux-433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9.tar.xz linux-433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9.zip | |
Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_valid_lft is too small
Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024212312.299370-4-alexhenrie24@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index e7ec9026e5db..6134ff4561e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2502,7 +2502,9 @@ use_tempaddr - INTEGER * -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices) temp_valid_lft - INTEGER - valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. + valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If less than the + minimum required lifetime (typically 5 seconds), temporary addresses + will not be created. Default: 172800 (2 days) |