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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> | 2008-07-02 04:29:07 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-02 04:29:07 +0200 |
| commit | 6dbf4bcac98bbc76ef425b3a2b4169f31199f6c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ec9383233cdbebcd26a0ab1e7f666ff8cc03b5f /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville... (diff) | |
| download | linux-6dbf4bcac98bbc76ef425b3a2b4169f31199f6c7.tar.xz linux-6dbf4bcac98bbc76ef425b3a2b4169f31199f6c7.zip | |
icmp: fix units for ratelimit
Convert the sysctl values for icmp ratelimit to use milliseconds instead
of jiffies which is based on kernel configured HZ.
Internal kernel jiffies are not a proper unit for any userspace API.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 17a6e46fbd43..71c7bea97160 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -548,8 +548,9 @@ icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. @@ -1027,8 +1028,9 @@ max_addresses - INTEGER icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 IPv6 Update by: |