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 <tedheadster@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -3296,6 +3296,7 @@ static __always_inline int ____dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev,
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void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
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extern int netdev_budget;
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extern unsigned int netdev_budget_usecs;
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/* Called by rtnetlink.c:rtnl_unlock() */
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void netdev_run_todo(void);
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