VMware, Inc.
PACKET PROCESSING WITH LOAD IMBALANCE HANDLING

Abstract:

One example method may comprise receiving multiple ingress packets that are destined for one or more virtualized computing instances; assigning the multiple ingress packets to multiple receive (RX) packet queues; and monitoring load information associated with multiple central processing unit (CPU) cores. The example method may also comprise: in response to detecting a load imbalance among the multiple CPU cores based on the load information, identifying at least one first CPU core that requires additional processing capability; and increasing processing capability of the at least one first CPU core and reducing processing capability of at least one second CPU core from the multiple CPU cores.