Re: [RFC] Removal of M_FLOWID flag from m_flags [WAS: Add support for hardware transmit rate limiting queues]

From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps_at_selasky.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:35:48 +0100
On 11/19/14 20:32, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> The RSS hash is also used for:
>
> * TCP timers,
> * UDP transmit, and
> * the transmit path in RSS aware drivers (igb / ixgbe)
>

I know, and the RSS flowid values are still preserved as before in the 
receive path. It is just about how you tell the upper/lower layers that 
there is something in the "m_pkthdr.flowid" which they can use to 
accelerate traffic.

--HPS
Received on Wed Nov 19 2014 - 18:35:28 UTC

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