netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: Allocate driver resources per NUMA node

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Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:49:01 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: Allocate driver resources
 per NUMA node

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:18:50 -0800

> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> The default policy for the current driver is to do all its memory
> allocation on whatever processor is running insmod/modprobe.  This
> is less than optimal.
> 
> This driver's default mode of operation will be to use each node for each
> subsequent transmit/receive queue.  The most efficient allocation will be
> to then have the interrupts bound in such a way as to match up the
> interrupt of the queue to the cpu where its memory was allocated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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