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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d3d653a5f9b..db2a4067013 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -106,16 +106,6 @@ inet_peer_maxttl - INTEGER when the number of entries in the pool is very small). Measured in seconds. -inet_peer_gc_mintime - INTEGER - Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is - in effect under high memory pressure on the pool. - Measured in seconds. - -inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER - Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is - in effect under low (or absent) memory pressure on the pool. - Measured in seconds. - TCP variables: somaxconn - INTEGER @@ -346,7 +336,7 @@ tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged. See tcp_retries2 for more details. - The default value is 7. + The default value is 8. If your machine is a loaded WEB server, you should think about lowering this value, such sockets may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans. @@ -394,7 +384,7 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets. It is guaranteed to each TCP socket, even under moderate memory pressure. - Default: 8K + Default: 1 page default: initial size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets. This value overrides net.core.rmem_default used by other protocols. @@ -483,7 +473,7 @@ tcp_window_scaling - BOOLEAN tcp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP sockets. Each TCP socket has rights to use it due to fact of its birth. - Default: 4K + Default: 1 page default: initial size of send buffer used by TCP sockets. This value overrides net.core.wmem_default used by other protocols. @@ -553,13 +543,13 @@ udp_rmem_min - INTEGER Minimal size of receive buffer used by UDP sockets in moderation. Each UDP socket is able to use the size for receiving data, even if total pages of UDP sockets exceed udp_mem pressure. The unit is byte. - Default: 4096 + Default: 1 page udp_wmem_min - INTEGER Minimal size of send buffer used by UDP sockets in moderation. Each UDP socket is able to use the size for sending data, even if total pages of UDP sockets exceed udp_mem pressure. The unit is byte. - Default: 4096 + Default: 1 page CIPSOv4 Variables: @@ -1465,10 +1455,17 @@ sctp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max Default is calculated at boot time from amount of available memory. sctp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max - See tcp_rmem for a description. + Only the first value ("min") is used, "default" and "max" are + ignored. + + min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by SCTP socket. + It is guaranteed to each SCTP socket (but not association) even + under moderate memory pressure. + + Default: 1 page sctp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max - See tcp_wmem for a description. + Currently this tunable has no effect. addr_scope_policy - INTEGER Control IPv4 address scoping - draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00 |