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authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2011-02-01 14:25:40 +0200
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2011-02-01 16:50:44 -0600
commitf157ed202e51dc2492b201dc34ed28e89c973fb7 (patch)
tree5e54afa6d2ba07066beb0941453b778394297bbd /qemu-options.hx
parent466b58648a7b2ba7edb280b585e0b0c26e3be31e (diff)
tap: safe sndbuf default
With current sndbuf default value, a blocked target guest can prevent another guest from transmitting any packets. While current sndbuf value (1M) is reported to help some UDP based workloads, the default should be safe (0). Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 939297a1b0..598a1bdf77 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
" use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution\n"
" use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP interface\n"
" use 'sndbuf=nbytes' to limit the size of the send buffer (the\n"
- " default of 'sndbuf=1048576' can be disabled using 'sndbuf=0')\n"
+ " default is disabled 'sndbuf=0' to enable flow control set 'sndbuf=1048576')\n"
" use vnet_hdr=off to avoid enabling the IFF_VNET_HDR tap flag\n"
" use vnet_hdr=on to make the lack of IFF_VNET_HDR support an error condition\n"
" use vhost=on to enable experimental in kernel accelerator\n"