doc: update -maxconnections config option help

bitcoin · Apr 17, 2021 · b4fcbcf · b4fcbcf
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diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(NodeContext& node)
     argsman.AddArg("-forcednsseed", strprintf("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: %u)", DEFAULT_FORCEDNSSEED), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-listen", "Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-listenonion", strprintf("Automatically create Tor onion service (default: %d)", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    argsman.AddArg("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u). This limit does not apply to connections manually added via -addnode or the addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of %u.", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS, MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxreceivebuffer=<n>", strprintf("Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAXRECEIVEBUFFER), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxsendbuffer=<n>", strprintf("Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAXSENDBUFFER), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxtimeadjustment", strprintf("Maximum allowed median peer time offset adjustment. Local perspective of time may be influenced by peers forward or backward by this amount. (default: %u seconds)", DEFAULT_MAX_TIME_ADJUSTMENT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);