[Oisf-users] Improved PF_RING support, please test!

[Victor Julien]

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Thanks for figuring that out Will!

Luca, can we have a higher  (or no) limit? I keep hearing stories of ppl
with 24 cores :)

Cheers,
Victor

On 03/07/2011 07:28 PM, Will Metcalf wrote:
>> It seems that the maximum is 8 threads here. Not sure if that can be set
>> higher if the number of slots in pfring are increased. Anyone try that?
> 
> This value is hardset in kernel/linux/pf_ring.h
> 
> #define CLUSTER_LEN 8
> 
> Modify accordingly, maybe Luca would be kind enough to increase the
> default value?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Will
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Victor Julien <victor at inliniac.net> wrote:
>> On 03/07/2011 06:15 PM, Chris Wakelin wrote:
>>>
>>> On 28/02/11 20:23, Victor Julien wrote:
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> I know a couple of you are running PF_RING in a high speed environment.
>>>> The attached patch means to improve it's performance. It adds a new
>>>> option called "pfring.threads" that controls the number of reader
>>>> threads the pfring code uses. I've tested (lightly) with 1, 4 and 8
>>>> which all worked fine. There are some more improvements, including the
>>>> removal of one memcpy per packet...
>>>
>>> OK, giving it a go with 4 threads ...
>>
>> It seems that the maximum is 8 threads here. Not sure if that can be set
>> higher if the number of slots in pfring are increased. Anyone try that?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Victor
>>
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