Re: [RFC 4/4] tuntap: Increase the number of queues in tun

[David Gibson]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:07:20 +0530
Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Networking under kvm works best if we allocate a per-vCPU RX and TX
> queue in a virtual NIC. This requires a per-vCPU queue on the host side.
> 
> It is now safe to increase the maximum number of queues.
> Preceding patches:
> 	net: allow large number of rx queues
>   	tuntap: Reduce the size of tun_struct by using flex array
> 	tuntap: Publish tuntap max queue length as module_param
> 
> 	made sure this won't cause failures due to high order memory
> allocations. Increase it to 256: this is the max number of vCPUs
> KVM supports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: David Gibson <dgibson@xxxxxxxxxx>

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David Gibson <dgibson@xxxxxxxxxx>

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