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| author | Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> | 2014-10-27 21:45:24 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-10-29 15:05:15 -0400 |
| commit | dca145ffaa8d39ea1904491ac81b92b7049372c0 (patch) | |
| tree | ebe67ece694b9e54281047a6037b7d5776f9f56b /Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | |
| parent | 7aef06db0f91c7b48305d07b62edf43179adb28c (diff) | |
tcp: allow for bigger reordering level
While testing upcoming Yaogong patch (converting out of order queue
into an RB tree), I hit the max reordering level of linux TCP stack.
Reordering level was limited to 127 for no good reason, and some
network setups [1] can easily reach this limit and get limited
throughput.
Allow a new max limit of 300, and add a sysctl to allow admins to even
allow bigger (or lower) values if needed.
[1] Aggregation of links, per packet load balancing, fabrics not doing
deep packet inspections, alternative TCP congestion modules...
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Yaogong Wang <wygivan@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 0307e2875f21..9028b879a97b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -376,9 +376,17 @@ tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans. tcp_reordering - INTEGER - Maximal reordering of packets in a TCP stream. + Initial reordering level of packets in a TCP stream. + TCP stack can then dynamically adjust flow reordering level + between this initial value and tcp_max_reordering Default: 3 +tcp_max_reordering - INTEGER + Maximal reordering level of packets in a TCP stream. + 300 is a fairly conservative value, but you might increase it + if paths are using per packet load balancing (like bonding rr mode) + Default: 300 + tcp_retrans_collapse - BOOLEAN Bug-to-bug compatibility with some broken printers. On retransmit try to send bigger packets to work around bugs in |