Re: [PATCH 0/2] Make ipmr queue length configurable

[David Miller]

From: Brodie Greenfield <brodie.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu,  7 Mar 2019 17:57:27 +1300

> We want to have some more space in our queue for processing incoming
> multicast packets, so we can process more of them without dropping
> them prematurely. It is useful to be able to increase this limit on
> higher-spec platforms that can handle more items.
> 
> For the particular use case here at Allied Telesis, we have linux
> running on our switches and routers, with support for the number of
> multicast groups being increased. Basically, this queue length affects
> the time taken to fully learn all of the multicast streams. 
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - Corrected a v4 to v6 typo.

This is a new feature, and therefore net-next material.  The net-next
tree is closed, please resubmit when it opens back up.