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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/net.txt')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 98335b7a5337..5369879eafe2 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net ipv4 IP version 4 x25 X.25 protocol ipx IPX token-ring IBM token ring bridge Bridging decnet DEC net - ipv6 IP version 6 + ipv6 IP version 6 tipc TIPC .............................................................................. 1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options @@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt, it's a Per-CPU variable. Default: 64 +low_latency_poll +---------------- +Low latency busy poll timeout. (needs CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL) +Approximate time in us to spin waiting for packets on the device queue. +Recommended value is 50. May increase power usage. +Default: 0 (off) + rmem_default ------------ @@ -93,8 +100,7 @@ netdev_budget Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are -probed in a round-robin manner. The limit of packets in one such probe can be -set per-device via sysfs class/net/<device>/weight . +probed in a round-robin manner. netdev_max_backlog ------------------ @@ -201,3 +207,18 @@ IPX. The /proc/net/ipx_route table holds a list of IPX routes. For each route it gives the destination network, the router node (or Directly) and the network address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks. + +6. TIPC +------------------------------------------------------- + +The TIPC protocol now has a tunable for the receive memory, similar to the +tcp_rmem - i.e. a vector of 3 INTEGERs: (min, default, max) + + # cat /proc/sys/net/tipc/tipc_rmem + 4252725 34021800 68043600 + # + +The max value is set to CONN_OVERLOAD_LIMIT, and the default and min values +are scaled (shifted) versions of that same value. Note that the min value +is not at this point in time used in any meaningful way, but the triplet is +preserved in order to be consistent with things like tcp_rmem. |
