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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/neighbour.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 4976564..19ac180 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ route/max_size - INTEGER Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel. Increase this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes. +neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER + Minimum number of entries to keep. Garbage collector will not + purge entries if there are fewer than this number. + Default: 256 + neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER Maximum number of neighbor entries allowed. Increase this when using large numbers of interfaces and when communicating diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c index c815f28..7bd0eed 100644 --- a/net/core/neighbour.c +++ b/net/core/neighbour.c @@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ static void neigh_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work) nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht, lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock)); + if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries) < tbl->gc_thresh1) + goto out; + /* * periodically recompute ReachableTime from random function */ @@ -832,6 +835,7 @@ next_elt: nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht, lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock)); } +out: /* Cycle through all hash buckets every base_reachable_time/2 ticks. * ARP entry timeouts range from 1/2 base_reachable_time to 3/2 * base_reachable_time. |