Bug 673532 – sfc: the rss_cpus module parameter is ignored

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Bug 673532 - sfc: the rss_cpus module parameter is ignored

Summary:	sfc: the rss_cpus module parameter is ignored

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Michal Schmidt
QA Contact:	Dayong Tian
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Reported:	2011-01-28 10:45 EST by Michal Schmidt
Modified:	2011-05-23 16:39 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.32-112.el6
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Last Closed:	2011-05-23 16:39:05 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0542	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update	2011-05-19 07:58:07 EDT

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Description Michal Schmidt 2011-01-28 10:45:45 EST

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556563 updated the sfc driver. It caused a regression: The "rss_cpus" module parameter has no effect anymore.

Upstream fix:
sfc: Restore the effect of the rss_cpus module parameter
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/bwh/sfc-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b874e25c5c84bc45fc205407286fbe4744f4776

Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-01-28 10:50:37 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 3 Michal Schmidt 2011-02-01 10:04:32 EST

note for QA: "cat /proc/interrupts" to see that the parameter influences the number of queues used by the NIC.

Comment 4 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-02-03 14:06:46 EST

Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-112.el6

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-23 16:39:05 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html

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