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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 5369879eafe..9a0319a8247 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/net/* kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4 +Documentation for /proc/sys/net/* (c) 1999 Terrehon Bowden <terrehon@pacbell.net> Bodo Bauer <bb@ricochet.net> (c) 2000 Jorge Nerin <comandante@zaralinux.com> @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. ============================================================== This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in -/proc/sys/net and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4. +/proc/sys/net The interface to the networking parts of the kernel is located in -/proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories.You may +/proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories. You may see only some of them, depending on your kernel's configuration. @@ -50,11 +50,41 @@ The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt, it's a Per-CPU variable. Default: 64 -low_latency_poll +default_qdisc +-------------- + +The default queuing discipline to use for network devices. This allows +overriding the default queue discipline of pfifo_fast with an +alternative. Since the default queuing discipline is created with the +no additional parameters so is best suited to queuing disciplines that +work well without configuration like stochastic fair queue (sfq), +CoDel (codel) or fair queue CoDel (fq_codel). Don't use queuing disciplines +like Hierarchical Token Bucket or Deficit Round Robin which require setting +up classes and bandwidths. +Default: pfifo_fast + +busy_read +---------------- +Low latency busy poll timeout for socket reads. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL) +Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for packets on the device queue. +This sets the default value of the SO_BUSY_POLL socket option. +Can be set or overridden per socket by setting socket option SO_BUSY_POLL, +which is the preferred method of enabling. If you need to enable the feature +globally via sysctl, a value of 50 is recommended. +Will increase power usage. +Default: 0 (off) + +busy_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. +Low latency busy poll timeout for poll and select. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL) +Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for events. +Recommended value depends on the number of sockets you poll on. +For several sockets 50, for several hundreds 100. +For more than that you probably want to use epoll. +Note that only sockets with SO_BUSY_POLL set will be busy polled, +so you want to either selectively set SO_BUSY_POLL on those sockets or set +sysctl.net.busy_read globally. +Will increase power usage. Default: 0 (off) rmem_default |