[net-next v3] ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is depreciated

From: Jon Maxwell
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 17:58:42 EST


v3: Change kernel version from 6.2 to 6.3. Add "commit" in front of hash.

Document that max_size is depreciated due to:

commit af6d10345ca7 ("ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4")

Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 7fbd060d6047..4cc2fab58dea 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ route/max_size - INTEGER
From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4
as route cache is no longer used.

+ From linux kernel 6.3 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv6
+ as garbage collection manages cached route entries.
+
neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not
purge entries if there are fewer than this number.
--
2.31.1