From nobody Tue Apr 7 12:21:56 2026 Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6337D3242D8; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=94.136.29.106 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772013519; cv=none; b=VoqrxirxMYwM6PgRqUy7WX2z+9yICBPdoWGMzvbQGXot4ZNnunz9OIFpHN54kZIJ1sK3izNMtYn58Oq4HtzpwcO12HidA/0cz7HRJYhDRh6Q5ug/Ye8A8XzZwhrjfP7ZleHFA6lims0g2tu5l0mny9J3s7pJkn6UODXE7sK/UoA= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772013519; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xBH62Z1LMF0U5LLL/D1+BAGVaRAy1YDVP5FPbMvG+XM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=A+zS2Qp9ZPreDRrWJgefSNBAfEpVeqi1PVwxULWTtrc+H640+yjvk/NtwoRTCsfljTSAn+sAlzq05C2yRC4GJP6X+VndSU83dpbF83t9jxXw8GXQr1oG2AReY/S3mhordbOPQqn/P7bTA1gETKuKENZ3sGt9/HK0kex5AeEO7Zg= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=proxmox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=proxmox.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=94.136.29.106 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=proxmox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=proxmox.com Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 2F26F48796; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:58:28 +0100 (CET) From: Gabriel Goller To: "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH net-next] docs: net: document neigh gc_interval sysctl Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:58:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20260225095822.44050-1-g.goller@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1772013491051 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Add entry for the neigh/default/gc_interval sysctl. This sysctl is unused since kernel v2.6.8. Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/network= ing/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 =20 Default: 1024 =20 +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 --=20 2.47.3