Commit 77a538d5 authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger Committed by David S. Miller

ipv4: fix sysctl documentation of time related values

These sysctl values are time related and all use the same routine
(proc_dointvec_jiffies) that internally converts from seconds to jiffies.
The code is fine, the documentation is just wrong.
Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 2a64cc4b
...@@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ inet_peer_minttl - INTEGER ...@@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ inet_peer_minttl - INTEGER
Minimum time-to-live of entries. Should be enough to cover fragment Minimum time-to-live of entries. Should be enough to cover fragment
time-to-live on the reassembling side. This minimum time-to-live is time-to-live on the reassembling side. This minimum time-to-live is
guaranteed if the pool size is less than inet_peer_threshold. guaranteed if the pool size is less than inet_peer_threshold.
Measured in jiffies(1). Measured in seconds.
inet_peer_maxttl - INTEGER inet_peer_maxttl - INTEGER
Maximum time-to-live of entries. Unused entries will expire after Maximum time-to-live of entries. Unused entries will expire after
this period of time if there is no memory pressure on the pool (i.e. this period of time if there is no memory pressure on the pool (i.e.
when the number of entries in the pool is very small). when the number of entries in the pool is very small).
Measured in jiffies(1). Measured in seconds.
inet_peer_gc_mintime - INTEGER inet_peer_gc_mintime - INTEGER
Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is
in effect under high memory pressure on the pool. in effect under high memory pressure on the pool.
Measured in jiffies(1). Measured in seconds.
inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER
Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is
in effect under low (or absent) memory pressure on the pool. in effect under low (or absent) memory pressure on the pool.
Measured in jiffies(1). Measured in seconds.
TCP variables: TCP variables:
...@@ -794,10 +794,6 @@ tag - INTEGER ...@@ -794,10 +794,6 @@ tag - INTEGER
Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required. Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required.
Default value is 0. Default value is 0.
(1) Jiffie: internal timeunit for the kernel. On the i386 1/100s, on the
Alpha 1/1024s. See the HZ define in /usr/include/asm/param.h for the exact
value on your system.
Alexey Kuznetsov. Alexey Kuznetsov.
kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
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