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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 9a0319a82470..666594b43cff 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -120,10 +120,14 @@ seconds. warnings -------- -This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because -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. +This sysctl is now unused. + +This was used to control console messages from the networking stack that +occur because of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad +checksums. + +These messages are now emitted at KERN_DEBUG and can generally be enabled +and controlled by the dynamic_debug facility. netdev_budget ------------- @@ -138,6 +142,28 @@ netdev_max_backlog Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface receives packets faster than kernel can process them. +netdev_rss_key +-------------- + +RSS (Receive Side Scaling) enabled drivers use a 40 bytes host key that is +randomly generated. +Some user space might need to gather its content even if drivers do not +provide ethtool -x support yet. + +myhost:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key +84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8: ... (52 bytes total) + +File contains nul bytes if no driver ever called netdev_rss_key_fill() function. +Note: +/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key contains 52 bytes of key, +but most drivers only use 40 bytes of it. + +myhost:~# ethtool -x eth0 +RX flow hash indirection table for eth0 with 8 RX ring(s): + 0: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +RSS hash key: +84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8:43:e3:c9:0c:fd:17:55:c2:3a:4d:69:ed:f1:42:89 + netdev_tstamp_prequeue ---------------------- @@ -241,6 +267,9 @@ address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks. 6. TIPC ------------------------------------------------------- +tipc_rmem +---------- + The TIPC protocol now has a tunable for the receive memory, similar to the tcp_rmem - i.e. a vector of 3 INTEGERs: (min, default, max) @@ -252,3 +281,16 @@ The max value is set to CONN_OVERLOAD_LIMIT, and the default and min values are scaled (shifted) versions of that same value. Note that the min value is not at this point in time used in any meaningful way, but the triplet is preserved in order to be consistent with things like tcp_rmem. + +named_timeout +-------------- + +TIPC name table updates are distributed asynchronously in a cluster, without +any form of transaction handling. This means that different race scenarios are +possible. One such is that a name withdrawal sent out by one node and received +by another node may arrive after a second, overlapping name publication already +has been accepted from a third node, although the conflicting updates +originally may have been issued in the correct sequential order. +If named_timeout is nonzero, failed topology updates will be placed on a defer +queue until another event arrives that clears the error, or until the timeout +expires. Value is in milliseconds. |