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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: "Fischer, Anna" <anna.fischer@hp.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Network throughput limits for local VM <-> VM communication
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:50:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A30C566.7040109@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0199E0D51A61344794750DC57738F58E67D2399972@GVW1118EXC.americas.hpqcorp.net>

Fischer, Anna wrote:
> Not sure I understand. As far as I can see the packets are replicated on the tun/tap interface before they actually enter the bridge. So this is not about the bridge learning MAC addresses and flooding frames to unknown destinations. So I think this is different.
>   

Okay.

You said:

> However, without VLANs, the tun
> interface will pass packets to all tap interfaces. It has to, as it
> doesn't know to which one the packet has to go to. 

Well, it shouldn't.  The tun interface should pass the packets to just 
one tap interface.

Can you post the qemu command line you're using?  There's a gotcha there 
that can result in what you're seeing.


-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-11  8:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-09 11:06 Network throughput limits for local VM <-> VM communication Fischer, Anna
2009-06-09 13:39 ` Mark McLoughlin
2009-06-09 13:55   ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-10 13:29     ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-10 13:57       ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-11  7:49         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-11  8:01           ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-11  8:17             ` Avi Kivity
2009-06-11  8:46               ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-11  8:50                 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-06-17  7:36                   ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-17  7:50                     ` Avi Kivity
2009-06-17  8:12                       ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-17 12:22                         ` Avi Kivity
2009-06-17 15:41                           ` Fischer, Anna
2009-06-18  8:37                             ` Avi Kivity

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