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authorLucas Nussbaum <lucas.nussbaum@ens-lyon.fr>2009-02-13 08:33:41 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-02-16 00:03:09 -0800
commit06e868066e3b5828383eb40ff4d1c0029100b0b5 (patch)
tree5fb84de9aff8a0b5d225a4c1137000ef6cc00dd5 /net/sctp/protocol.c
parent85e8d004ecbc51ead6ae926e15973b42cf07b36e (diff)
sctp: Allow to disable SCTP checksums via module parameter
This is a new version of my patch, now using a module parameter instead of a sysctl, so that the option is harder to find. Please note that, once the module is loaded, it is still possible to change the value of the parameter in /sys/module/sctp/parameters/, which is useful if you want to do performance comparisons without rebooting. Computation of SCTP checksums significantly affects the performance of SCTP. For example, using two dual-Opteron 246 connected using a Gbe network, it was not possible to achieve more than ~730 Mbps, compared to 941 Mbps after disabling SCTP checksums. Unfortunately, SCTP checksum offloading in NICs is not commonly available (yet). By default, checksums are still enabled, of course. Signed-off-by: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas.nussbaum@ens-lyon.fr> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/sctp/protocol.c')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index b78e3be6901..cc0b592698f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1411,4 +1411,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-132");
MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET6) "-proto-132");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)");
+module_param_named(no_checksums, sctp_checksum_disable, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_checksums, "Disable checksums computing and verification");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");