Re: [PATCH] igb: add rx drop enable attribute

2019-08-28 Thread Alexander Duyck
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:40 AM Robert Beckett wrote: > > To allow userland to enable or disable dropping packets when descriptor > ring is exhausted, add an adapter rx_drop_en attribute. > > This can be used in conjunction with flow control to mitigate packet storms > (e.g. due to network loop o

[PATCH] igb: add rx drop enable attribute

2019-08-28 Thread Robert Beckett
To allow userland to enable or disable dropping packets when descriptor ring is exhausted, add an adapter rx_drop_en attribute. This can be used in conjunction with flow control to mitigate packet storms (e.g. due to network loop or DoS) by forcing the network adapter to send pause frames whenever