Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/2] virtio_net: Expand affinity to arbitrary numbers of cpu and vq

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From: Caleb Raitto <caleb.raitto@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu,  9 Aug 2018 18:18:27 -0700

> Virtio-net tries to pin each virtual queue rx and tx interrupt to a cpu if
> there are as many queues as cpus.
> 
> Expand this heuristic to configure a reasonable affinity setting also
> when the number of cpus != the number of virtual queues.
> 
> Patch 1 allows vqs to take an affinity mask with more than 1 cpu.
> Patch 2 generalizes the algorithm in virtnet_set_affinity beyond
> the case where #cpus == #vqs.
> 
> v2 changes:
> Renamed "virtio_net: Make vp_set_vq_affinity() take a mask." to
> "virtio: Make vp_set_vq_affinity() take a mask."
> 
> Tested:
 ...

Yes, this is so much better than the NAPI module parameter thing!

I'll apply this, and we can adjust/tweak the logic if necessary
on top of these changes.

Thanks!



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