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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:12:56 -0500
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: Clarify dev_weight documentation for LRO and GRO_HW.

Reported-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
---
 Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index b67044a..35c62f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ dev_weight
 --------------
 
 The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt,
-it's a Per-CPU variable.
+it's a Per-CPU variable. For drivers that support LRO or GRO_HW, a hardware
+aggregated packet is counted as one packet in this context.
+
 Default: 64
 
 dev_weight_rx_bias
-- 
1.8.3.1

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