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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-10-07 13:38:43 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-10-07 13:38:43 -0400 |
commit | 88c5100c28b02c4b2b2c6f6fafbbd76d90f698b9 (patch) | |
tree | 08c4399e0341f7eb0ccb24e15f2cab687275c2a4 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 8083f0fc969d9b5353061a7a6f963405057e26b1 (diff) | |
parent | 3ee72ca99288f1de95ec9c570e43f531c8799f06 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:davem330/net
Conflicts:
net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/scaling.txt | 12 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 98c8d4229f0a..cb7f3148035d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | |||
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ conf/interface/*: | |||
1042 | The functional behaviour for certain settings is different | 1042 | The functional behaviour for certain settings is different |
1043 | depending on whether local forwarding is enabled or not. | 1043 | depending on whether local forwarding is enabled or not. |
1044 | 1044 | ||
1045 | accept_ra - BOOLEAN | 1045 | accept_ra - INTEGER |
1046 | Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them. | 1046 | Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them. |
1047 | 1047 | ||
1048 | It also determines whether or not to transmit Router | 1048 | It also determines whether or not to transmit Router |
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ dad_transmits - INTEGER | |||
1111 | The amount of Duplicate Address Detection probes to send. | 1111 | The amount of Duplicate Address Detection probes to send. |
1112 | Default: 1 | 1112 | Default: 1 |
1113 | 1113 | ||
1114 | forwarding - BOOLEAN | 1114 | forwarding - INTEGER |
1115 | Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour. | 1115 | Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour. |
1116 | 1116 | ||
1117 | Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all | 1117 | Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt index 58fd7414e6c0..fe67b5c79f0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt | |||
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ applying a filter to each packet that assigns it to one of a small number | |||
27 | of logical flows. Packets for each flow are steered to a separate receive | 27 | of logical flows. Packets for each flow are steered to a separate receive |
28 | queue, which in turn can be processed by separate CPUs. This mechanism is | 28 | queue, which in turn can be processed by separate CPUs. This mechanism is |
29 | generally known as “Receive-side Scaling” (RSS). The goal of RSS and | 29 | generally known as “Receive-side Scaling” (RSS). The goal of RSS and |
30 | the other scaling techniques to increase performance uniformly. | 30 | the other scaling techniques is to increase performance uniformly. |
31 | Multi-queue distribution can also be used for traffic prioritization, but | 31 | Multi-queue distribution can also be used for traffic prioritization, but |
32 | that is not the focus of these techniques. | 32 | that is not the focus of these techniques. |
33 | 33 | ||
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ are steered using plain RPS. Multiple table entries may point to the | |||
186 | same CPU. Indeed, with many flows and few CPUs, it is very likely that | 186 | same CPU. Indeed, with many flows and few CPUs, it is very likely that |
187 | a single application thread handles flows with many different flow hashes. | 187 | a single application thread handles flows with many different flow hashes. |
188 | 188 | ||
189 | rps_sock_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU for | 189 | rps_sock_flow_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU |
190 | flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace. Each | 190 | for flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace. |
191 | table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg and | 191 | Each table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg |
192 | sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage() | 192 | and sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage() |
193 | and tcp_splice_read()). | 193 | and tcp_splice_read()). |
194 | 194 | ||
195 | When the scheduler moves a thread to a new CPU while it has outstanding | 195 | When the scheduler moves a thread to a new CPU while it has outstanding |
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ configured. The number of entries in the global flow table is set through: | |||
243 | 243 | ||
244 | The number of entries in the per-queue flow table are set through: | 244 | The number of entries in the per-queue flow table are set through: |
245 | 245 | ||
246 | /sys/class/net/<dev>/queues/tx-<n>/rps_flow_cnt | 246 | /sys/class/net/<dev>/queues/rx-<n>/rps_flow_cnt |
247 | 247 | ||
248 | == Suggested Configuration | 248 | == Suggested Configuration |
249 | 249 | ||