netdev - Re: [PATCH] macvtap: Fix macvtap_get

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Message-Id: <20111125.013552.1613051198566054931.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:35:52 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Cc:	jasowang@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, levinsasha928@...il.com,
	mst@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvtap: Fix macvtap_get_queue to use rxhash first

From: Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:39:11 +0530

> Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote on 11/25/2011 08:51:57 AM:
>>
>> My description is not clear again :(
>> I mean the same vhost thead:
>>
>> vhost thread #0 transmits packets of flow A on processor M
>> ...
>> vhost thread #0 move to another process N and start to transmit packets
>> of flow A
> 
> Thanks for clarifying. Yes, binding vhosts to CPU's
> makes the incoming packet go to the same vhost each
> time. BTW, are you doing any binding and/or irqbalance
> when you run your tests? I am not running either at
> this time, but thought both might be useful.

So are we going with this patch or are we saying that vhost binding
is a requirement?
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