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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 /include/net
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 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/sctp/structs.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 9661d7b765f..9f70d54fcef 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
/* Flag to idicate if SCTP-AUTH is enabled */
int auth_enable;
+
+ /* Flag to indicate whether computing and verifying checksum
+ * is disabled. */
+ int checksum_disable;
} sctp_globals;
#define sctp_rto_initial (sctp_globals.rto_initial)
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
#define sctp_addip_noauth (sctp_globals.addip_noauth_enable)
#define sctp_prsctp_enable (sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)
#define sctp_auth_enable (sctp_globals.auth_enable)
+#define sctp_checksum_disable (sctp_globals.checksum_disable)
/* SCTP Socket type: UDP or TCP style. */
typedef enum {