linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 8/8] net: Introduce SO_INCOMING_NAPI

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:22:05 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 8/8] net: Introduce SO_INCOMING_NAPI_ID

On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 14:38 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> From: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
> 
> This socket option returns the NAPI ID associated with the queue on which
> the last frame is received. This information can be used by the apps to
> split the incoming flows among the threads based on the Rx queue on which
> they are received.
> 
> If the NAPI ID actually represents a sender_cpu then the value is ignored
> and 0 is returned.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>