From 7acf8a1e8a28b3d7407a8d8061a7d0766cfac2f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Whitehead Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:37:10 -0400 Subject: Replace 2 jiffies with sysctl netdev_budget_usecs to enable softirq tuning Constants used for tuning are generally a bad idea, especially as hardware changes over time. Replace the constant 2 jiffies with sysctl variable netdev_budget_usecs to enable sysadmins to tune the softirq processing. Also document the variable. For example, a very fast machine might tune this to 1000 microseconds, while my regression testing 486DX-25 needs it to be 4000 microseconds on a nearly idle network to prevent time_squeeze from being incremented. Version 2: changed jiffies to microseconds for predictable units. Signed-off-by: Matthew Whitehead Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c index ece4b177052b..4ee3e49530d2 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static const struct bin_table bin_net_core_table[] = { { CTL_INT, NET_CORE_AEVENT_ETIME, "xfrm_aevent_etime" }, { CTL_INT, NET_CORE_AEVENT_RSEQTH, "xfrm_aevent_rseqth" }, { CTL_INT, NET_CORE_WARNINGS, "warnings" }, + { CTL_INT, NET_CORE_BUDGET_USECS, "netdev_budget_usecs" }, {}, }; -- cgit