The parameter became obsolete in kernel commit abc86d0f9924 ("netfilter:
xt_recent: relax ip_pkt_list_tot restrictions").
Reported-by: Fabio <pedretti.fabio@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
extensions/libxt_recent.man | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_recent.man b/extensions/libxt_recent.man
index 82537fab9846f..e0305f9857e29 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_recent.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_recent.man
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ This option must be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or
address is in the list and packets had been received greater than or equal to
the given value. This option may be used along with \fB\-\-seconds\fP to create
an even narrower match requiring a certain number of hits within a specific
-time frame. The maximum value for the hitcount parameter is given by the
-"ip_pkt_list_tot" parameter of the xt_recent kernel module. Exceeding this
-value on the command line will cause the rule to be rejected.
+time frame.
.TP
\fB\-\-rttl\fP
This option may only be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or
@@ -93,8 +91,10 @@ to flush the DEFAULT list (remove all entries).
\fBip_list_tot\fP=\fI100\fP
Number of addresses remembered per table.
.TP
-\fBip_pkt_list_tot\fP=\fI20\fP
-Number of packets per address remembered.
+\fBip_pkt_list_tot\fP=\fI0\fP
+Number of packets per address remembered. This parameter is obsolete since
+kernel version 3.19 which started to calculate the table size based on given
+\fB\-\-hitcount\fP parameter.
.TP
\fBip_list_hash_size\fP=\fI0\fP
Hash table size. 0 means to calculate it based on ip_list_tot by rounding it up
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2.43.0
