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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 6134ff4561e8..4dfe0d9a57bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2509,7 +2509,11 @@ temp_valid_lft - INTEGER Default: 172800 (2 days) temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER - Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. + Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If + temp_prefered_lft is less than the minimum required lifetime (typically + 5 seconds), the preferred lifetime is the minimum required. If + temp_prefered_lft is greater than temp_valid_lft, the preferred lifetime + is temp_valid_lft. Default: 86400 (1 day) |