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[73.189.12.233]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b24sm21540635pfe.136.2019.02.12.20.13.13 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:13:14 -0800 (PST) From: Mark D Rustad Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7C06730C-895B-4916-87E2-2B4B7DED7177"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.2 \(3445.102.3\)) Subject: Re: Linux 4.4.174 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:13:11 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20190209081301.GB30034@kroah.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, lwn@lwn.net, Jiri Slaby To: Greg KH References: <20190208105422.GA32328@kroah.com> <20190208105431.GB32328@kroah.com> <870EE9C6-3748-498C-B6E8-33724168C605@gmail.com> <20190209081301.GB30034@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.102.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Apple-Mail=_7C06730C-895B-4916-87E2-2B4B7DED7177 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Feb 9, 2019, at 12:13 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 08:44:32PM -0800, Mark D Rustad wrote: >> On Feb 8, 2019, at 2:54 AM, Greg KH wrote: >> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt >>> b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt >>> index 2ea4c45cf1c8..7c229f59016f 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt >>> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt >>> @@ -112,14 +112,11 @@ min_adv_mss - INTEGER >>> >>> IP Fragmentation: >>> >>> -ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER >>> - Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments. When >>> - ipfrag_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this purpose, >>> - the fragment handler will toss packets until ipfrag_low_thresh >>> - is reached. This also serves as a maximum limit to namespaces >>> - different from the initial one. >>> - >>> -ipfrag_low_thresh - INTEGER >>> +ipfrag_high_thresh - LONG INTEGER >>> + Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments. >>> + >>> +ipfrag_low_thresh - LONG INTEGER >>> + (Obsolete since linux-4.17) >> >> It seems very strange to say that it is obsolete since 4.17 in a 4.4 >> kernel. > > 4.17 is a point in time :) Of course I understand, but some random non-kernel-developer tuning a kernel may be pretty puzzled. I don't know right off the top something brief that would be more generally meaningful, but maybe someone might. What does obsolete mean in this context? It exists but does nothing? It exists and does something but will eventually go away? -- Mark Rustad, MRustad@gmail.com --Apple-Mail=_7C06730C-895B-4916-87E2-2B4B7DED7177 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE6ug8b0Wg+ULmnksNPA7/547j7m4FAlxjmVgACgkQPA7/547j 7m5Lfg//XSpGRc1i7m43aZSte4yVA64c0yoAQ2Oj35kT4sxwLBIvIvWThpuq+JoM /jTKqpuyHnREKKo74WA2XcJWnblopZieF8+d09df0599cuH0LxIKHAFf3k8uL3rB dSu95H+qrrQ0htlf4UbJ0SXcxKvhsKuHx3qTDx3oFExBZOnesT94wHvLmPY804Um kcaqoIWkmgdHo3KvOORX68rqBM+/AXgPL9drlbTBhkdl4+IE/i7lLVRv/JVvle6S +4zk/9g8JMRXSWXrDaV307J+zJPwquWrC92g41UrdBxqUpkyLgJ0I9sBUWEkfsk4 3eXUAATVdNeRj0dCKGddT9YTQHuYdEHgELBI/xbCTPCQOQSyxrZLoHzGKG9Yh7GH b7kPE6k0MY8D3Mh8rnN1pIARII96AB0+8SvG2LXO+bo9ufufxIzhvNowWhlnW/2j ypHLtYYjs2MHFlQtQoLcEYglxEe7tnh6V4ndQgiv+fFT4t/j+8iKF3bIp87+2yS+ AL3k+1JBh7iCRFaqipQ27q63qSHjYX0zDxp9gkO4/fNWVQIla2ESC+tU68RYhOQe DXp/VEHwoq8Hsh8nrkEfvUMtoWvoTXOsj5Kw3qx6KPB9cxqzzmONNfpQ7Vo7yQUB mYecqogKHIVv6SP4ayr4Cr8K7ruaZoLzZSv5xPL7LjD5F/tjQ1A= =4pVf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_7C06730C-895B-4916-87E2-2B4B7DED7177--