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Date:	Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:51:41 +0200
From:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [net-next PATCH 1/3] net: make default tx_queue_len configurable

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 net/Kconfig        | 12 ++++++++++++
 net/ethernet/eth.c |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 7021c1b..21c164f 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 config NET_INGRESS
 	bool
 
+config DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN
+	prompt "Default TX queue length (in packets)" if EXPERT
+	int
+	default 1000	# Ethernet wants good queues
+	help
+	  Set the default value of tx_queue_len for newly created network
+	  interfaces. It is used by queueing disciplines to determine how many
+	  packets to keep in backlog before starting to drop new ones.
+
+	  The default value of 1000 packets is there for a very long time and
+	  in combination with GSO way too big.
+
 menu "Networking options"
 
 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 77e0f0e..b778586 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->hard_header_len 	= ETH_HLEN;
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->addr_len		= ETH_ALEN;
-	dev->tx_queue_len	= 1000;	/* Ethernet wants good queues */
+	dev->tx_queue_len	= CONFIG_DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST;
 	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
 
-- 
2.1.2

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