In Linux, one can specify the system's default receive buffer size for network packets, say UDP, using the following commands:
sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=<value> sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=<value>
But I wonder, is it possible for an application (say, in c
) to override system's defaults by specifying the receive buffer size per UDP socket in runtime?
The default send buffer size for UDP sockets is 65535 bytes. The default receive buffer size for UDP sockets is 2147483647 bytes.
Change the following set of parameters as needed: /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default > recv > 124928 > changed to 512000. /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default > send > 124928 > changed to 512000. /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max > 124928 > changed to 512000.
If you want see your buffer size in terminal, you can take a look at: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem (for read) /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem (for write)
You can increase the value from the default, but you can't increase it beyond the maximum value. Use setsockopt
to change the SO_RCVBUF
option:
int n = 1024 * 1024; if (setsockopt(socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &n, sizeof(n)) == -1) { // deal with failure, or ignore if you can live with the default size }
Note that this is the portable solution; it should work on any POSIX platform for increasing the receive buffer size. Linux has had autotuning for a while now (since 2.6.7, and with reasonable maximum buffer sizes since 2.6.17), which automatically adjusts the receive buffer size based on load. On kernels with autotuning, it is recommended that you not set the receive buffer size using setsockopt
, as that will disable the kernel's autotuning. Using setsockopt
to adjust the buffer size may still be necessary on other platforms, however.
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