Commit 53025f5e authored by J. Bruce Fields's avatar J. Bruce Fields Committed by David S. Miller

Documentation: clarify tcp_{r,w}mem sysctl docs

Fix some of the defaults and attempt to clarify some language.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 2ddddb98
......@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
pressure.
Default: 8K
default: default size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
default: initial size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
This value overrides net.core.rmem_default used by other protocols.
Default: 87380 bytes. This value results in window of 65535 with
default setting of tcp_adv_win_scale and tcp_app_win:0 and a bit
......@@ -344,8 +344,10 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
max: maximal size of receive buffer allowed for automatically
selected receiver buffers for TCP socket. This value does not override
net.core.rmem_max, "static" selection via SO_RCVBUF does not use this.
Default: 87380*2 bytes.
net.core.rmem_max. Calling setsockopt() with SO_RCVBUF disables
automatic tuning of that socket's receive buffer size, in which
case this value is ignored.
Default: between 87380B and 4MB, depending on RAM size.
tcp_sack - BOOLEAN
Enable select acknowledgments (SACKS).
......@@ -419,19 +421,21 @@ tcp_window_scaling - BOOLEAN
Enable window scaling as defined in RFC1323.
tcp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP socket.
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: Amount of memory allowed for send buffers for TCP socket
by default. This value overrides net.core.wmem_default used
by other protocols, it is usually lower than net.core.wmem_default.
default: initial size of send buffer used by TCP sockets. This
value overrides net.core.wmem_default used by other protocols.
It is usually lower than net.core.wmem_default.
Default: 16K
max: Maximal amount of memory allowed for automatically selected
send buffers for TCP socket. This value does not override
net.core.wmem_max, "static" selection via SO_SNDBUF does not use this.
Default: 128K
max: Maximal amount of memory allowed for automatically tuned
send buffers for TCP sockets. This value does not override
net.core.wmem_max. Calling setsockopt() with SO_SNDBUF disables
automatic tuning of that socket's send buffer size, in which case
this value is ignored.
Default: between 64K and 4MB, depending on RAM size.
tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN
If set, assume no receipt of a window scaling option means the
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