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ipv6: Document that max_size sysctl is deprecated
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v4: fix deprecated typo.

Document that max_size is deprecated due to:

commit af6d103 ("ipv6: remove max_size check inline with ipv4")

Signed-off-by: Jon Maxwell <jmaxwell37@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230120232331.1273881-1-jmaxwell37@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Jon Maxwell authored and Jakub Kicinski committed Jan 24, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ route/max_size - INTEGER
From linux kernel 3.6 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv4
as route cache is no longer used.

From linux kernel 6.3 onwards, this is deprecated for ipv6
as garbage collection manages cached route entries.

neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not
purge entries if there are fewer than this number.
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