×

Hybrid network processing load distribution in computing systems

  • US 10,554,554 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2017
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for network traffic management in a computing device having a network interface controller operatively coupled to a main processor with multiple cores, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the network interface controller, a packet having a header and a payload;

    assigning, at the network interface controller, the received packet to a virtual port of the network interface controller based on a destination medium access control (“

    MAC”

    ) address contained in the header of the packet;

    upon assigning the packet to the virtual port, further assigning, at the network interface controller, the packet to one of the queues in the virtual port based on one or more of a source IP address, a destination IP address, a source port, or a destination port included in the header of the packet;

    upon assigning the packet to one of the queues in the virtual port, indicating to the main processor that the assigned queue of the virtual port contains the packet to be processed; and

    cooperating with a core assigned by the main processor to execute network processing operations related to the packet to forward the packet in the queue to a destination identified by the MAC address, the source IP address, the destination IP address, the source port, and the destination port included in the header of the packet.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×