netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sched: use xps information for qdisc NUMA affinity

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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:31:48 -0800
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sched: use xps information for qdisc NUMA affinity

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> I was thinking of using XPS tx_queue->cpu mapping to eventually allocate
> memory with correct NUMA affinities, for qdisc/class stuff for example.
>

An interesting idea, but the real question is can this be used for all
queue related allocations.  This includes those that drivers allocate
which are probably done in initialization.

Tom
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