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>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 0f3c38c..c49cf21 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3296,6 +3296,7 @@ static __always_inline int ____dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev,
void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
extern int netdev_budget;
+extern unsigned int netdev_budget_usecs;
/* Called by rtnetlink.c:rtnl_unlock() */
void netdev_run_todo(void);