From 820e13fbd4f21e6dadbd4d49b054cad137bea628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:17:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] socket.7: srcfix: rewrap source lines Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/socket.7 | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index 1f38273e9..567ad516b 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