From 06b8fc5d308b15e853a68c3d4854fb2ac33db867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:31:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: Fix default in docs for tcp_orphan_retries. Default should be listed at 8 instead of 7. Reported-by: Denys Fedoryshchenko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d3d653a5f9b9..bfe924217f24 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged. See tcp_retries2 for more details. - The default value is 7. + The default value is 8. If your machine is a loaded WEB server, you should think about lowering this value, such sockets may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans. -- 2.20.1