Originally that parameter was always reset to num_online_cpus during module initialisation, which renders it useless.
The fix is to only set max_queues to num_online_cpus when user has not provided a value. Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.l...@citrix.com> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> --- drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c index e27e6d2..0b53bd9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -2132,8 +2132,11 @@ static int __init netif_init(void) pr_info("Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver\n"); - /* Allow as many queues as there are CPUs, by default */ - xennet_max_queues = num_online_cpus(); + /* Allow as many queues as there are CPUs if user has not + * specified a value. + */ + if (xenvif_max_queues == 0) + xenvif_max_queues = num_online_cpus(); return xenbus_register_frontend(&netfront_driver); } -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html