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authorStanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>2009-03-19 04:51:06 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-03-19 04:51:06 +0300
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net: Document /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budget
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> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
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@@ -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
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