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authorStephen Hemminger2008-07-02 04:29:07 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller2008-07-02 04:29:07 +0200
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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>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt10
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
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