From: David S. Miller Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 00:07:38 +0000 (-0800) Subject: net: Correct type of tcp_syncookies sysctl. X-Git-Tag: v5.5-rc6~23^2~39 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d8513df2598e5142f8a5c4724f28411936e1dfc7;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git net: Correct type of tcp_syncookies sysctl. It can take on the values of '0', '1', and '2' and thus is not a boolean. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index fd26788e8c96c..48ccb1b311602 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ tcp_synack_retries - INTEGER with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds. -tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN +tcp_syncookies - INTEGER Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES Send out syncookies when the syn backlog queue of a socket overflows. This is to prevent against the common 'SYN flood attack'