nova/releasenotes/notes/virtio-max-queues-27f73e988c7e66ba.yaml
Sean Mooney 0e6aac3c2d add [libvirt]/max_queues config option
This change adds a max_queues config option to allow
operators to set the maximium number of virtio queue
pairs that can be allocated to a virtio network
interface.

Change-Id: I9abe783a9a9443c799e7c74a57cc30835f679a01
Closes-Bug: #1847367
2019-12-02 15:46:50 +00:00

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The nova libvirt virt driver supports creating instances with multi-queue
virtio network interfaces. In previous releases nova has based the maximum
number of virtio queue pairs that can be allocated on the reported kernel
major version. It has been reported in `bug #1847367`_ that some distros have
backported changes from later major versions that make major version
number no longer suitable to determine the maximum virtio queue pair count.
A new config option has been added to the libvirt section of the nova.conf.
When defined nova will now use the ``[libvirt]/max_queues`` option to
define the max queues that can be configured, if undefined it will
fallback to the previous kernel version approach.
.. _`bug #1847367`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1847367