Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2] limit xen vnic max queues number to online cpu number

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 23.10.15 at 11:05, <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/23/2015 04:47 PM, Paul Durrant wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-
>>> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Jin
>>> Sent: 23 October 2015 08:54
>>> To: Wei Liu; Ian Campbell; Boris Ostrovsky; Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk; David S.
>>> Miller
>>> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>> Subject: [PATCH 0/2] limit xen vnic max queues number to online cpu
>>> number
>>>
>>> Currently xen vnic allowed to create lots of queues by set module param
>>> max_queues(both netback and netfront), when queues number larger than
>>> cpu number, it does not help for performance but need more cpu time.
>>>
>> 
>> But it's an override, so why would you want to limit it? The parameter 
> should not be set in the common case.
> 
> Always we can not stop people use it because we provided it :)

Well, it's always a question of whether preventing the admin to
shoot himself in the foot makes sense: When it leads to an unusable
system, it probably does. When it leads to a sub-optimal working
system, perhaps we should allow them their freedom?

Jan


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