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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-10-11 15:57:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-10-11 15:57:24 +0200 |
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doc: describe new "thread" imudp module parameter
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diff --git a/doc/imudp.html b/doc/imudp.html index 25a8d87a..1bd64a13 100644 --- a/doc/imudp.html +++ b/doc/imudp.html @@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ should not be overdone. For each buffer, max message size bytes are statically required. Also, a too-high number leads to reduced efficiency, as some structures need to be completely initialized before the OS call is done. We would suggest to not set it above a value of 128, except if experimental results show that this is useful. +<li><b>threads</b> <number> (default 1), available since 7.5.5<br> +Number of worker threads to process incoming messages. These +threads are utilized to pull data off the network. On a busy system, additional +threads (but not more than there are CPUs/Cores) can help improving +performance and avoiding message loss. Note that with too many threads, performance +can suffer. +There is a hard upper limit on the number of threads that can be defined. +Currently, this limit is set to 32. It may increase in the future when massive +multicore processors become available. </ul> <p><b>Input Parameters</b>:</p> <ul> |