netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: force_napi

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Message-ID: <20180725012205-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jul 2018 01:23:40 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     caleb.raitto@...il.com, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Caleb Raitto <caraitto@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: force_napi_tx module param.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 04:52:53PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> >From the above linked patch, I understand that there are yet
> other special cases in production, such as a hard cap on #tx queues to
> 32 regardless of number of vcpus.

I don't think upstream kernels have this limit - we can
now use vmalloc for higher number of queues.

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MST