[PATCH net-next] docs: net: document neigh gc_interval sysctl
From: Gabriel Goller <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-25 09:58:35
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Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Add entry for the neigh/default/gc_interval sysctl. This sysctl is unused since kernel v2.6.8. Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <redacted> --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index d1eeb5323af0..265158534cda 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER Default: 1024 +neigh/default/gc_interval - INTEGER + Specifies how often the garbage collector for neighbor entries + should run. This value applies to the entire table, not + individual entries. Unused since kernel v2.6.8. + + 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
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