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Re: [DOCUMENTATION PATCH] Missing net sysctls, some fixed, rest flagged

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [DOCUMENTATION PATCH] Missing net sysctls, some fixed, rest flagged
From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:37:19 +0200
Cc: bert hubert <ahu@xxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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David S. Miller wrote:

+somaxconn - INTEGER
+ Limit of TCP listen backlog, known in userspace as SOMAXCONN.
+ Defaults to 128
+


Hmm...

I dont agree with the 'TCP' word here : listen() system call is not tied with TCP, isn't it ?
I would suggest :


+somaxconn - INTEGER
+       Limit of socket listen() backlog, known in userspace as SOMAXCONN.
+       Defaults to 128. See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning for 
TCP sockets.
+


Thank you

Eric Dumazet


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