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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 13 |
5 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt index 261c563b5f06..eba0e5e59ebe 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Required properties: - snps,pbl Programmable Burst Length - snps,fixed-burst Program the DMA to use the fixed burst mode - snps,mixed-burst Program the DMA to use the mixed burst mode +- snps,force_thresh_dma_mode Force DMA to use the threshold mode for + both tx and rx +- snps,force_sf_dma_mode Force DMA to use the Store and Forward + mode for both tx and rx. This flag is + ignored if force_thresh_dma_mode is set. Optional properties: - mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index debfe857d8f9..1cb3aeb4baff 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER tcp_timestamps - BOOLEAN Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323. +tcp_min_tso_segs - INTEGER + Minimal number of segments per TSO frame. + Since linux-3.12, TCP does an automatic sizing of TSO frames, + depending on flow rate, instead of filling 64Kbytes packets. + For specific usages, it's possible to force TCP to build big + TSO frames. Note that TCP stack might split too big TSO packets + if available window is too small. + Default: 2 + tcp_tso_win_divisor - INTEGER This allows control over what percentage of the congestion window can be consumed by a single TSO frame. @@ -1349,6 +1358,12 @@ mldv2_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER MLDv2 report retransmit will take place. Default: 1000 (1 second) +suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER + Control RFC 6980 (Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation + with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) behavior: + 1 - (default) discard fragmented neighbor discovery packets + 0 - allow fragmented neighbor discovery packets + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt index 8572796b1eb6..c01223628a87 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt @@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ TPACKET_V2 --> TPACKET_V3: In the AF_PACKET fanout mode, packet reception can be load balanced among processes. This also works in combination with mmap(2) on packet sockets. +Currently implemented fanout policies are: + + - PACKET_FANOUT_HASH: schedule to socket by skb's rxhash + - PACKET_FANOUT_LB: schedule to socket by round-robin + - PACKET_FANOUT_CPU: schedule to socket by CPU packet arrives on + - PACKET_FANOUT_RND: schedule to socket by random selection + - PACKET_FANOUT_ROLLOVER: if one socket is full, rollover to another + Minimal example code by David S. Miller (try things like "./test eth0 hash", "./test eth0 lb", etc.): diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt index 654d2e55c8cb..457b8bbafb08 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct plat_stmmacenet_data { int bugged_jumbo; int pmt; int force_sf_dma_mode; + int force_thresh_dma_mode; int riwt_off; void (*fix_mac_speed)(void *priv, unsigned int speed); void (*bus_setup)(void __iomem *ioaddr); @@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ Where: o pmt: core has the embedded power module (optional). o force_sf_dma_mode: force DMA to use the Store and Forward mode instead of the Threshold. + o force_thresh_dma_mode: force DMA to use the Shreshold mode other than + the Store and Forward mode. o riwt_off: force to disable the RX watchdog feature and switch to NAPI mode. o fix_mac_speed: this callback is used for modifying some syscfg registers (on ST SoCs) according to the link speed negotiated by the diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index d569f2a424d5..9a0319a82470 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt, it's a Per-CPU variable. Default: 64 +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) |