[PATCH v2 0/3] net/tap: queue limit patches

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:53:54 +0100
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at amd.com> wrote:

> On 10/12/2024 3:17 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Some patches related to recent queue limit changes.
> > 
> > v2 - up the limit to maximum Linux can support
> >      dont use static_assert here
> >      get rid of unreachable checks in configure
> > 
> > Stephen Hemminger (3):
> >   net/tap: handle increase in mp_max_fds
> >   net/tap: increase the maximum allowable queues
> >   net/tap: remove unnecessary checks in configure
> >   
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Previous version already merged, but I am checking the difference in v2.
> 
> Patch 1/3 is identical.
> Patch 2/3, I prefer the v1 version, that increases the queue limit to
> 64, instead of 253.

Ok, we can bump it later if anyone wants to run on 128 core cpu

> 
> v1 patch 3/3 static assert seems gone, it seems because of the loongarch
> build, but can we please root cause why it failed, and can the failure
> be a test environment issue?

Right, not sure what was wrong there, and not easy to setup a loongarch
build (even with qemu) to repro.


> v2 patch 3/3 looks good, it can be merged separately.

Ok, will add it to later follow up set. The tap device driver needs
lots more cleanups.