Commit 3dd17ede authored by Masanari Iida's avatar Masanari Iida Committed by David S. Miller

doc:networking: Fix typo in documentation/networking

Correct spelling typo
Signed-off-by: default avatarMasanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 53edee2c
......@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
static short mif_flags;
/* Get the inteface configuration from the kernel. */
/* Get the interface configuration from the kernel. */
static int if_getconfig(char *ifname)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
......
......@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ tcp_early_retrans - INTEGER
for triggering fast retransmit when the amount of outstanding data is
small and when no previously unsent data can be transmitted (such
that limited transmit could be used). Also controls the use of
Tail loss probe (TLP) that converts RTOs occuring due to tail
Tail loss probe (TLP) that converts RTOs occurring due to tail
losses into fast recovery (draft-dukkipati-tcpm-tcp-loss-probe-01).
Possible values:
0 disables ER
......
......@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ it will use an allocated socket buffer as usual and the contents will be
copied to the ring on transmission, nullifying most of the performance gains.
Dumps of kernel databases automatically support memory mapped I/O.
Conversion of the transmit path involves changing message contruction to
Conversion of the transmit path involves changing message construction to
use memory from the TX ring instead of (usually) a buffer declared on the
stack and setting up the frame header approriately. Optionally poll() can
be used to wait for free frames in the TX ring.
......@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Structured and definitions for using memory mapped I/O are contained in
RX and TX rings
----------------
Each ring contains a number of continous memory blocks, containing frames of
fixed size dependant on the parameters used for ring setup.
Each ring contains a number of continuous memory blocks, containing frames of
fixed size dependent on the parameters used for ring setup.
Ring: [ block 0 ]
[ frame 0 ]
......@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Ring: [ block 0 ]
[ frame 2 * n + 1 ]
The blocks are only visible to the kernel, from the point of view of user-space
the ring just contains the frames in a continous memory zone.
the ring just contains the frames in a continuous memory zone.
The ring parameters used for setting up the ring are defined as follows:
......@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct nl_mmap_req {
unsigned int nm_frame_nr;
};
Frames are grouped into blocks, where each block is a continous region of memory
Frames are grouped into blocks, where each block is a continuous region of memory
and holds nm_block_size / nm_frame_size frames. The total number of frames in
the ring is nm_frame_nr. The following invariants hold:
......@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ Some parameters are constrained, specifically:
- nm_frame_nr must equal the actual number of frames as specified above.
When the kernel can't allocate phsyically continous memory for a ring block,
it will fall back to use physically discontinous memory. This might affect
When the kernel can't allocate phsyically continuous memory for a ring block,
it will fall back to use physically discontinuous memory. This might affect
performance negatively, in order to avoid this the nm_frame_size parameter
should be chosen to be as small as possible for the required frame size and
the number of blocks should be increased instead.
......
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