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author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-28 07:17:18 +0100 |
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committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-28 07:20:31 +0100 |
commit | 820e13fbd4f21e6dadbd4d49b054cad137bea628 (patch) | |
tree | dd81713fedb0607cfcec41c949f7a4d3c157a648 | |
parent | e8500ecc786f5ee5854d4aa810dcf5124e8ed23f (diff) | |
download | man-pages-820e13fbd4f21e6dadbd4d49b054cad137bea628.tar.gz |
socket.7: srcfix: rewrap source lines
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r-- | man7/socket.7 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index 1f38273e9f..567ad516b9 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -521,14 +521,18 @@ This provides optimal NUMA behavior and keeps CPU caches hot. .TP .BR SO_INCOMING_NAPI_ID " (gettable since Linux 4.12)" .\" getsockopt 6d4339028b350efbf87c61e6d9e113e5373545c9 -Returns a system level unique ID called NAPI ID that is associated with a RX -queue on which the last packet associated with that socket is received. +Returns a system level unique ID called NAPI ID that is associated +with a RX queue on which the last packet associated with that +socket is received. .IP This can be used by an application to split the incoming flows among worker -threads based on the RX queue on which the packets associated with the flows -are received. It allows each worker thread to be associated with a NIC HW -receive queue and service all the connection requests received on that RX -queue. This mapping between a app thread and a HW NIC queue streamlines the +threads based on the RX queue on which the packets associated with the +flows are received. +It allows each worker thread to be associated with +a NIC HW receive queue and service all the connection +requests received on that RX queue. +This mapping between a app thread and +a HW NIC queue streamlines the flow of data from the NIC to the application. .TP .B SO_KEEPALIVE |