Star64_linux/net
Jesper Dangaard Brouer d0a81f67cd net: make default TX queue length a defined constant
The default TX queue length of Ethernet devices have been a magic
constant of 1000, ever since the initial git import.

Looking back in historical trees[1][2] the value used to be 100,
with the same comment "Ethernet wants good queues". The commit[3]
that changed this from 100 to 1000 didn't describe why, but from
conversations with Robert Olsson it seems that it was changed
when Ethernet devices went from 100Mbit/s to 1Gbit/s, because the
link speed increased x10 the queue size were also adjusted.  This
value later caused much heartache for the bufferbloat community.

This patch merely moves the value into a defined constant.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/netdev-vger-cvs.git/
[2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/
[3] https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/98921832c232

Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-11-07 20:15:55 -05:00
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6lowpan
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802
8021q
appletalk
atm
ax25
batman-adv
bluetooth
bridge Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2016-11-02 14:57:47 -04:00
caif
can
ceph
core udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
dcb
dccp
decnet
dns_resolver
dsa
ethernet net: make default TX queue length a defined constant 2016-11-07 20:15:55 -05:00
hsr
ieee802154
ipv4 udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
ipv6 udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
ipx
irda
iucv
kcm
key
l2tp net: inet: Support UID-based routing in IP protocols. 2016-11-04 14:45:23 -04:00
l3mdev
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llc
mac80211
mac802154
mpls
ncsi
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2016-11-02 14:57:47 -04:00
netlabel
netlink genetlink: fix error return code in genl_register_family() 2016-11-01 12:13:13 -04:00
netrom
nfc
openvswitch
packet
phonet
qrtr
rds
rfkill
rose
rxrpc udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
sched net/sched: cls_flower: Support matching on SCTP ports 2016-11-03 16:26:39 -04:00
sctp sctp: clean up sctp_packet_transmit 2016-11-02 15:03:13 -04:00
strparser
sunrpc udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
switchdev
tipc tipc: remove SS_CONNECTED sock state 2016-11-01 11:53:26 -04:00
unix udp: do fwd memory scheduling on dequeue 2016-11-07 13:24:41 -05:00
vmw_vsock
wimax
wireless
x25
xfrm
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
socket.c net: core: Add a UID field to struct sock. 2016-11-04 14:45:22 -04:00
sysctl_net.c