netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for XPS when using DCB

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:01:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        john.r.fastabend@...el.com, tom@...bertland.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for XPS when using DCB

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:42:45 -0400

> This patch series enables proper isolation between traffic classes when
> using XPS while DCB is enabled.  Previously enabling XPS would cause the
> traffic to be potentially pulled from one traffic class into another on
> egress.  This change essentially multiplies the XPS map by the number of
> traffic classes and allows us to do a lookup per traffic class for a given
> CPU.
> 
> To guarantee the isolation I invalidate the XPS map for any queues that are
> moved from one traffic class to another, or if we change the number of
> traffic classes.
> 
> v2: Added sysfs to display traffic class
>     Replaced do/while with for loop
>     Cleaned up several other for for loops throughout the patch

Series applied, thanks Alex.