| Message ID | 20090316133633.2df4ed3e@dhcp-lab-109.englab.brq.redhat.com |
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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:36:33 +0100 > The NAPI poll parameter netdev_budget is not documented in kernel-docs. Since > it may have a substantial effect on at least some network loads, it should be. > > Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a87be42..830bad7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1478,6 +1478,13 @@ of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally, this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be disabled. +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 . netdev_max_backlog ------------------
The NAPI poll parameter netdev_budget is not documented in kernel-docs. Since it may have a substantial effect on at least some network loads, it should be. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)