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authorAlex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>2023-10-24 15:23:09 -0600
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-10-25 18:23:07 -0700
commit433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9 (patch)
tree3530e482921d4f7c32742622ef011043bbc2c1c3 /Documentation/networking
parent629df6701c8a9172f4274af6de9dfa99e2c7ac56 (diff)
Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_valid_lft is too small
Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024212312.299370-4-alexhenrie24@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index e7ec9026e5db..6134ff4561e8 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -2502,7 +2502,9 @@ use_tempaddr - INTEGER
* -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices)
temp_valid_lft - INTEGER
- valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses.
+ valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If less than the
+ minimum required lifetime (typically 5 seconds), temporary addresses
+ will not be created.
Default: 172800 (2 days)