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authorGabriel Goller <g.goller@proxmox.com>2026-02-25 12:58:10 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-02-27 04:37:04 +0300
commitd68d21ea6b29f87f1c334f007e845ca5fb678c80 (patch)
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docs: net: document neigh gc_interval sysctl
Add entry for the neigh/default/gc_interval sysctl. This sysctl is unused since kernel v2.6.8. Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <g.goller@proxmox.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260225095822.44050-1-g.goller@proxmox.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER
Default: 1024
+neigh/default/gc_interval - INTEGER
+ Specifies how often the garbage collector for neighbor entries
+ should run. This value applies to the entire table, not
+ individual entries. Unused since kernel v2.6.8.
+
+ Default: 30 seconds
+
neigh/default/gc_stale_time - INTEGER
Determines how long a neighbor entry can remain unused before it is
considered stale and eligible for garbage collection. Entries that have