DYNAMIC RECEIVE QUEUE BALANCING
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- assigning a network application to at least one first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing units;
assigning a first receive queue to said first core processing unit, wherein the first receive queue is configured to receive packet flow associated with the network application;
defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and
monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold;
wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold.
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes the operations of assigning a network application to at least one first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing unit. The method of this embodiment also includes the operations of assigning a first receive queue to said first core processing unit, wherein the first receive queue is configured to receive packet flow associated with the network application; defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold; wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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assigning a network application to at least one first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing units; assigning a first receive queue to said first core processing unit, wherein the first receive queue is configured to receive packet flow associated with the network application; defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold;
wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising, one or more storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:
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assigning a first receive queue, from among a plurality of receive queues, to a packet flow, wherein the packet flow is associated with a network application, and wherein the network application is assigned to a first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing units; defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold;
wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network adapter, comprising:
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media access control (MAC) circuitry and a plurality of receive queues, the MAC circuitry is configured to; assign a first receive queue, from among a plurality of receive queues, to a packet flow, wherein the packet flow is associated with a network application, and wherein the network application is assigned to a first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing units in a host system; define a high threshold for the first receive queue; monitor the packet flow in the first receive queue; and compare a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold;
wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, the MAC circuitry is further configured to generate a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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