1. 07 Dec, 2012 2 commits
    • Jon Maloy's avatar
      tipc: change sk_receive_queue upper limit · e643df15
      Jon Maloy authored
      The sk_recv_queue upper limit for connectionless sockets has empirically
      turned out to be too low. When we double the current limit we get much
      fewer rejected messages and no noticable negative side-effects.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
      e643df15
    • Ying Xue's avatar
      tipc: eliminate aggregate sk_receive_queue limit · 9da3d475
      Ying Xue authored
      As a complement to the per-socket sk_recv_queue limit, TIPC keeps a
      global atomic counter for the sum of sk_recv_queue sizes across all
      tipc sockets. When incremented, the counter is compared to an upper
      threshold value, and if this is reached, the message is rejected
      with error code TIPC_OVERLOAD.
      
      This check was originally meant to protect the node against
      buffer exhaustion and general CPU overload. However, all experience
      indicates that the feature not only is redundant on Linux, but even
      harmful. Users run into the limit very often, causing disturbances
      for their applications, while removing it seems to have no negative
      effects at all. We have also seen that overall performance is
      boosted significantly when this bottleneck is removed.
      
      Furthermore, we don't see any other network protocols maintaining
      such a mechanism, something strengthening our conviction that this
      control can be eliminated.
      
      As a result, the atomic variable tipc_queue_size is now unused
      and so it can be deleted.  There is a getsockopt call that used
      to allow reading it; we retain that but just return zero for
      maximum compatibility.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
      Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
      [PG: phase out tipc_queue_size as pointed out by Neil Horman]
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
      9da3d475
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