[NET]: Separate two usages of netdev_max_backlog.

Separate out the two uses of netdev_max_backlog. One controls the
upper bound on packets processed per softirq, the new name for this is
netdev_budget; the other controls the limit on packets queued via
netif_rx.

Increase the max_backlog default to account for faster processors.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1a64508e527f..7016e0c36b3d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,8 @@ out:
                         Receiver routines
   =======================================================================*/
 
-int netdev_max_backlog = 300;
+int netdev_max_backlog = 1000;
+int netdev_budget = 300;
 int weight_p = 64;            /* old backlog weight */
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netif_rx_stats, netdev_rx_stat) = { 0, };
@@ -1695,8 +1696,7 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
         struct softnet_data *queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
         unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
-        int budget = netdev_max_backlog;
-
+        int budget = netdev_budget;
         
         local_irq_disable();
 
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index fff63643a35c..8f817ad9f546 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
 extern int netdev_max_backlog;
+extern int netdev_budget;
 extern int weight_p;
 extern int net_msg_cost;
 extern int net_msg_burst;
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ ctl_table core_table[] = {
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec
         },
+        {
+                .ctl_name       = NET_CORE_BUDGET,
+                .procname       = "netdev_budget",
+                .data           = &netdev_budget,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+                .mode           = 0644,
+                .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec
+        },
         { .ctl_name = 0 }
 };