Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Sysctl for ICMPv6 Rate Limitation

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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:55:51 +0900 (JST)


In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210240847280.8872-100000@netcore.fi> (at Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:50:25 +0300 (EEST)), Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> says:

> > +icmp/*:
> > +ratelimit - INTEGER
> > + Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets.
> > + 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1)
> > + Default: 100
> > +
>
> Does this rate-limit all ICMPv6 packets or just ICMPv6 error messages (as
> specified in ICMPv6 specifications).
>
> If all, I believe the default of rate-limiting everything is unacceptable.

This patch just adds sysctl. It is my documentation error...
is s/ICMPv6 packets/ICMPv6 error packets/ ok?

(I need to do s/100/HZ/, too; This also lives in ICMP(v4)).

--yoshfuji
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