From: Matthew Whitehead <tedheads...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:37:10 -0400
> 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 <tedheads...@gmail.com> Applied, thanks.
