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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:11:26 +0200
From:   Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: clarify disable_ipv6

Clarify that when disable_ipv6 is enabled even the ipv6 routes
are deleted for the selected interface and from now it will not
be possible to add addresses/routes to that interface

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 1d1120753ae8..33f35f049ad5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1703,7 +1703,9 @@ disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN
 	interface and start Duplicate Address Detection, if necessary.
 
 	When this value is changed from 0 to 1 (IPv6 is being disabled),
-	it will dynamically delete all address on the given interface.
+	it will dynamically delete all addresses and routes on the given
+	interface. From now on it will not possible to add addresses/routes
+	to the selected interface.
 
 accept_dad - INTEGER
 	Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection).
-- 
2.14.3

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