[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 016/180] xen-netfront: respect user provided max_queues

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Wed Feb 03 2016 - 18:58:56 EST


3.16.7-ckt24 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 32a844056fd43dda647e1c3c6b9983bdfa04d17d upstream.

Originally that parameter was always reset to num_online_cpus during
module initialisation, which renders it useless.

The fix is to only set max_queues to num_online_cpus when user has not
provided a value.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 9d3bdea182cd..2fb7f5d23608 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -2405,8 +2405,11 @@ static int __init netif_init(void)

pr_info("Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver\n");

- /* Allow as many queues as there are CPUs, by default */
- xennet_max_queues = num_online_cpus();
+ /* Allow as many queues as there are CPUs if user has not
+ * specified a value.
+ */
+ if (xennet_max_queues == 0)
+ xennet_max_queues = num_online_cpus();

return xenbus_register_frontend(&netfront_driver);
}