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authorDaniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>2013-08-28 22:13:11 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-08-29 16:43:29 -0400
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net: packet: document available fanout policies
Update documentation to add fanout policies that are available. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ TPACKET_V2 --> TPACKET_V3:
In the AF_PACKET fanout mode, packet reception can be load balanced among
processes. This also works in combination with mmap(2) on packet sockets.
+Currently implemented fanout policies are:
+
+ - PACKET_FANOUT_HASH: schedule to socket by skb's rxhash
+ - PACKET_FANOUT_LB: schedule to socket by round-robin
+ - PACKET_FANOUT_CPU: schedule to socket by CPU packet arrives on
+ - PACKET_FANOUT_RND: schedule to socket by random selection
+ - PACKET_FANOUT_ROLLOVER: if one socket is full, rollover to another
+
Minimal example code by David S. Miller (try things like "./test eth0 hash",
"./test eth0 lb", etc.):