From 433d6c8048cb297c3e25af237d6d006daa2195f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Henrie Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:23:09 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: networking: explain what happens if temp_valid_lft is too small Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024212312.299370-4-alexhenrie24@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index e7ec9026e5db..6134ff4561e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ 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)