Re: [net-next v2] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated

From: Jonathan Maxwell
Date: Wed Jan 18 2023 - 23:48:40 EST


On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 3:38 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:18:58 +1100 Jon Maxwell wrote:
> > Subject: [net-next v2] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated
> >
> > v2: use correct commit syntax.
>
> change log under the --- lines
>
> > Document that max_size is depreciated due to:
> >
> > af6d10345ca7 ("ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4")
>
> ^ commit

Okay I'll add that.

>
> the word "commit" should be there before the hash
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 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..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
>
> 6.2 or 6.3? 6.2 is what's currently in Linus's tree, net-next
> is 6.3 and the commit in the commit msg is in net-next only.
>

I'll change this to 6.3.

Regards

Jon

> > + as garbage collection manages cached route entries.