netdev - Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: take online CPU number as MQ max limit when alloc_etherdev

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 13:58:42 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@...cle.com>, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	shannon.nelson@...el.com, carolyn.wyborny@...el.com,
	donald.c.skidmore@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, mitch.a.williams@...el.com,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ethan.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: take online CPU number as MQ max limit when 
 alloc_etherdev_mq()

On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 14:56 +0900, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> Allocating 64 Tx/Rx as default doesn't benefit perfomrnace when less
> CPUs were assigned. especially when DCB is enabled, so we should take
> num_online_cpus() as top limit, and aslo to make sure every TC has
> at least one queue, take the MAX_TRAFFIC_CLASS as bottom limit of queues
> number.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Dropping this patch based on Alex's and John's feedback.
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