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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> | 2008-07-01 19:29:07 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-01 19:29:07 -0700 |
| commit | 6dbf4bcac98bbc76ef425b3a2b4169f31199f6c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ec9383233cdbebcd26a0ab1e7f666ff8cc03b5f | |
| parent | 28f49d8fec19833672a6a813bfde0068fee50bc9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-6dbf4bcac98bbc76ef425b3a2b4169f31199f6c7.tar.bz2 | |
icmp: fix units for ratelimit
Convert the sysctl values for icmp ratelimit to use milliseconds instead
of jiffies which is based on kernel configured HZ.
Internal kernel jiffies are not a proper unit for any userspace API.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/icmp.c | 3 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 17a6e46fbd43..71c7bea97160 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -548,8 +548,9 @@ icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. @@ -1027,8 +1028,9 @@ max_addresses - INTEGER icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 IPv6 Update by: diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index 901607003205..14ef202a2254 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -793,7 +793,8 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = { .data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_ratelimit, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec + .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies, + .strategy = &sysctl_ms_jiffies }, { .ctl_name = NET_IPV4_ICMP_RATEMASK, diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c index 399d41f65437..abedf95fdf2d 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c +++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c @@ -954,7 +954,8 @@ ctl_table ipv6_icmp_table_template[] = { .data = &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.icmpv6_time, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec + .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies, + .strategy = &sysctl_ms_jiffies }, { .ctl_name = 0 }, }; |