From: Stanislaw Gruszka Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:51:06 +0000 (-0700) Subject: net: Document /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budget X-Git-Tag: v2.6.29~3^2~17 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e9c6a586f5335938b11be0a2554af58a2860e4ef;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a87be42f821..830bad7cce0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -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//weight . netdev_max_backlog ------------------