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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 2ebabc93014a..14db18c970b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -188,7 +188,16 @@ 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. +probed in a round-robin manner. Also, a polling cycle may not exceed +netdev_budget_usecs microseconds, even if netdev_budget has not been +exhausted. + +netdev_budget_usecs +--------------------- + +Maximum number of microseconds in one NAPI polling cycle. Polling +will exit when either netdev_budget_usecs have elapsed during the +poll cycle or the number of packets processed reaches netdev_budget. netdev_max_backlog ------------------ |