[PATCH net-next] docs: net: document neigh gc_interval and gc_stale_time sysctls
From: Gabriel Goller
Date: Thu Feb 19 2026 - 11:29:08 EST
Add missing documentation for two neighbor table garbage collector
sysctl parameters in ip-sysctl.rst:
* neigh/default/gc_interval: controls how often the garbage collector
runs for neighbor entries (default: 30 seconds)
* neigh/default/gc_stale_time: controls how long an unused neighbor
entry is kept before becoming eligible for garbage collection
(default: 60 seconds)
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 28c7e4f5ecf9..033e18303d79 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -202,6 +202,21 @@ neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER
Default: 1024
+neigh/default/gc_interval - INTEGER
+ How often the garbage collector for neighbor entries should run. This
+ value applies to the entire table, not individual entries.
+
+ Default: 30 seconds
+
+neigh/default/gc_stale_time - INTEGER
+ Determines how long a neighbor entry can remain unused before it is
+ considered stale and eligible for garbage collection. Entries that have
+ not been used for longer than this time will be removed by the garbage
+ collector, unless they have active references, are marked as PERMANENT,
+ or carry the NTF_EXT_LEARNED or NTF_EXT_VALIDATED flag.
+
+ Default: 60 seconds
+
neigh/default/unres_qlen_bytes - INTEGER
The maximum number of bytes which may be used by packets
queued for each unresolved address by other network layers.
--
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