net: add skb_defer_max sysctl
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Mon, 16 May 2022 04:24:55 +0000 (21:24 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 May 2022 10:33:59 +0000 (11:33 +0100)
commit39564c3fdc6684c6726b63e131d2a9f3809811cb
tree523592ac216cfcc1bbbb560b953d2d99b8e13186
parent2db60eed1a957423cf06ee1060fc45ed3971990d
net: add skb_defer_max sysctl

commit 68822bdf76f1 ("net: generalize skb freeing
deferral to per-cpu lists") added another per-cpu
cache of skbs. It was expected to be small,
and an IPI was forced whenever the list reached 128
skbs.

We might need to be able to control more precisely
queue capacity and added latency.

An IPI is generated whenever queue reaches half capacity.

Default value of the new limit is 64.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
net/core/dev.c
net/core/dev.h
net/core/skbuff.c
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c