netdev - Re: RPS and forwarding

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Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:15:05 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RPS and forwarding

Le dimanche 25 avril 2010 à 21:44 -0700, Tom Herbert a écrit :
> > Apart from not using RPS on routers, I suppose people doing
> > forwarding will simply have to maintain a constant RPS table,
> > and forgo its local redirection capabilities.
> >
> 
> I think you'd want RPS on router (steering packets using hash and CPU
> mask).  Most of your concerns are about RFS (steering by flows), which
> is probably more appropriate for a server.

We could probably rename RFS parts to RFS to avoid confusion ?



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