net: add low latency socket poll

Adds an ndo_ll_poll method and the code that supports it.
This method can be used by low latency applications to busy-poll
Ethernet device queues directly from the socket code.
sysctl_net_ll_poll controls how many microseconds to poll.
Default is zero (disabled).
Individual protocol support will be added by subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-10 11:39:50 +03:00
committed by David S. Miller
vanhempi af12fa6e46
commit 0602129286
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@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt,
it's a Per-CPU variable.
Default: 64
low_latency_poll
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Low latency busy poll timeout. (needs CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL)
Approximate time in us to spin waiting for packets on the device queue.
Recommended value is 50. May increase power usage.
Default: 0 (off)
rmem_default
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