Re: [PATCH v2] RPS: Sparse connection optimizations - v2

[Deng-Cheng Zhu <dczhu@mips.com>]

On 05/04/2012 11:22 AM, Tom Herbert wrote:
>> +struct cpu_flow {
>> +       struct net_device *dev;
>> +       u32 rxhash;
>> +       unsigned long ts;
>> +};
>
> This seems like overkill, we already have the rps_flow_table and this
> used in accelerated RFS so the device can also take advantage of
> steering.

I think the mechanisms of rps_dev_flow_table and cpu_flow (in this
patch) are different: The former works along with rps_sock_flow_table
whose CPU info is based on recvmsg by the application. But for the tests
like what I did, there's no application involved.


Deng-Cheng