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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/net.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 1c15043aaee4..9a0319a82470 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -50,9 +50,22 @@ 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_LL_RX_POLL) +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, @@ -63,7 +76,7 @@ Default: 0 (off) busy_poll ---------------- -Low latency busy poll timeout for poll and select. (needs CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL) +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. |