Enqueuing received network packets based, at least in part, on at least one programmable mask

摘要

In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides in response to receiving a packet, looking up a packet characteristic in one of at least one protocol table to determine one or more fields of the packet to use as a hash value, applying a hash function to the hash value to obtain a hash result, and using the hash result to determine one of a plurality of processors on which to process the packet.

主权项

1. At least one storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions to select queues for received packets that when executed, are to:
determine a protocol of a packet; select at least one programmable mask in response to the protocol of the packet; apply the at least one programmable mask to at least a portion of the packet; based, at least in part, on application of the at least one programmable mask to the at least the portion of the packet, select one queue from among a plurality of queues; cause an entry to be enqueued for the packet in the selected one queue from among the plurality of queues.