From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
Don Skidmore <donanld.c.skidmore@intel.com>,
e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, HPA <hpa@zytor.com>,
Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@tamir.org.il>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: implement support for low latency socket polling
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130520162227.GD24555@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130519102533.12527.12991.stgit@ladj378.jer.intel.com>
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> index f98ca63..cfcf0ea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN
> Disable Path MTU Discovery.
> default FALSE
>
> +ip_low_latency_poll - INTEGER
> + Low latency busy poll timeout. (needs CONFIG_INET_LL_RX_POLL)
> + Approximate time in ms to spin waiting for packets on the device queue.
> + default 0
Can you document the suggested value here?
Also I would add something like "may increase power usage"
The other thing I would add is a linuxmib statistic counter so that
we can see the polling happens.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-20 16:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-19 10:25 [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: implement support for low latency socket polling Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 7:54 ` David Miller
2013-05-20 8:29 ` Joe Perches
2013-05-20 9:16 ` David Miller
2013-05-20 9:39 ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 19:34 ` David Miller
2013-05-20 16:22 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-05-21 6:16 ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] tcp: add TCP support for low latency receive poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:25 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 3/4] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] ixgbe: add extra stats " Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-19 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Or Gerlitz
2013-05-19 19:20 ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 20:09 ` [E1000-devel] " Jeff Kirsher
2013-05-19 19:25 ` Eliezer Tamir
[not found] ` <CAJZOPZ+8zKfuuUhOwzz6WKm6do6N25B1DAmv+aOipSLbvdh6LA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-05-20 10:26 ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-05-20 22:44 ` Brandeburg, Jesse
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