net: Document /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budget

The NAPI poll parameter netdev_budget is not documented in
kernel-docs. Since it may have a substantial effect on at least some
network loads, it should be.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a87be42..830bad7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1478,6 +1478,13 @@ of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
 this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
 disabled.
 
 this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
 disabled.
 

+netdev_budget
+-------------
+
+Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI
+poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are
+probed in a round-robin manner. The limit of packets in one such probe can be
+set per-device via sysfs class/net/<device>/weight .

 
 netdev_max_backlog
 ------------------
 
 netdev_max_backlog
 ------------------