From ec575f885e3eca6b003e007f4acfba9a0ec3c04a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Henrie Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:23:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_prefered_lft is too small or too large Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024212312.299370-5-alexhenrie24@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 6134ff4561e8..4dfe0d9a57bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2509,7 +2509,11 @@ temp_valid_lft - INTEGER Default: 172800 (2 days) temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER - Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. + Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If + temp_prefered_lft is less than the minimum required lifetime (typically + 5 seconds), the preferred lifetime is the minimum required. If + temp_prefered_lft is greater than temp_valid_lft, the preferred lifetime + is temp_valid_lft. Default: 86400 (1 day)