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-rw-r--r--net.c34
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx3
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 001ebcbc84..49f4016cf8 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -1396,17 +1396,39 @@ static void tap_send(void *opaque)
} while (size > 0);
}
-static void tap_set_sndbuf(TAPState *s, int sndbuf, Monitor *mon)
-{
#ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
+/* sndbuf should be set to a value lower than the tx queue
+ * capacity of any destination network interface.
+ * Ethernet NICs generally have txqueuelen=1000, so 1Mb is
+ * a good default, given a 1500 byte MTU.
+ */
+#define TAP_DEFAULT_SNDBUF 1024*1024
+
+static void tap_set_sndbuf(TAPState *s, const char *sndbuf_str, Monitor *mon)
+{
+ int sndbuf = TAP_DEFAULT_SNDBUF;
+
+ if (sndbuf_str) {
+ sndbuf = atoi(sndbuf_str);
+ }
+
+ if (!sndbuf) {
+ sndbuf = INT_MAX;
+ }
+
if (ioctl(s->fd, TUNSETSNDBUF, &sndbuf) == -1) {
config_error(mon, "TUNSETSNDBUF ioctl failed: %s\n",
strerror(errno));
}
+}
#else
- config_error(mon, "No '-net tap,sndbuf=<nbytes>' support available\n");
-#endif
+static void tap_set_sndbuf(TAPState *s, const char *sndbuf_str, Monitor *mon)
+{
+ if (sndbuf_str) {
+ config_error(mon, "No '-net tap,sndbuf=<nbytes>' support available\n");
+ }
}
+#endif /* TUNSETSNDBUF */
static void tap_cleanup(VLANClientState *vc)
{
@@ -2654,9 +2676,11 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, const char *device, const char *p)
s = net_tap_init(vlan, device, name, ifname, setup_script, down_script);
}
if (s != NULL) {
+ const char *sndbuf_str = NULL;
if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "sndbuf", p)) {
- tap_set_sndbuf(s, atoi(buf), mon);
+ sndbuf_str = buf;
}
+ tap_set_sndbuf(s, sndbuf_str, mon);
ret = 0;
} else {
ret = -1;
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index a94f9d38aa..8947d05393 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -778,7 +778,8 @@ 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"
#ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
- " use 'sndbuf=nbytes' to limit the size of the send buffer\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"
#endif
#endif
"-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"