From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-net 0/2] Increase the limit of tuntap queues Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:05:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20150112.170551.2256606651908771184.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1421043089-30103-1-git-send-email-pagupta@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jasowang@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com, dgibson@redhat.com, vfalico@gmail.com, edumazet@google.com, vyasevic@redhat.com, hkchu@google.com, wuzhy@linux.vnet.ibm.com, xemul@parallels.com, therbert@google.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, xii@google.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, jiri@resnulli.us, sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com To: pagupta@redhat.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1421043089-30103-1-git-send-email-pagupta@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Pankaj Gupta Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:41:27 +0530 > Networking under KVM works best if we allocate a per-vCPU rx and tx > queue in a virtual NIC. This requires a per-vCPU queue on the host side. > Modern physical NICs have multiqueue support for large number of queues. > To scale vNIC to run multiple queues parallel to maximum number of vCPU's > we need to increase number of queues support in tuntap. Series applied, thanks for following up on this.