netdev - IPv6 max

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Message-ID: <CAJU8_nUFQShNSeT52nkdKmMDx6hodgFBSN3rCVXTQ_VgqugE8w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:05:23 -0400
From: Kyle Rose <krose@...se.org>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: IPv6 max_addresses?

max_addresses, how does it work?

$ ip -6 addr show scope global temporary dev sfp0 | grep inet6 | wc -l
21
$ sysctl -ar 'sfp0.*max_add'
net.ipv6.conf.sfp0.max_addresses = 16

They seem to be growing without bound. What's supposed to be happening here?

Kyle