Interrupt distribution of a single flow across multiple processors

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor connected to memory;
• and
• a module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and configured with instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• maintain a plurality of queues configured to hold interrupt requests created in response to packets received by a network device, wherein the interrupt requests interrupt a plurality of processors to process the packets, and wherein each queue is associated with a corresponding processor;
• configure the network device to queue interrupt requests for a single flow of packets between a source and a destination, wherein the network device is configured to switch from inserting interrupt requests into a first queue to into a second queue upon queuing a threshold number of interrupt requests for the single flow of packets into the first queue;
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• control the network device to interrupt multiple processors for the single flow of packets by insert interrupt requests for the single flow of packets into different queues.

A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method involving a computing device comprising a processor, and the computer-implemented method comprising:

• maintaining, by the processor, a plurality of queues configured to hold interrupt requests created in response to packets received by a network device, wherein the interrupt requests interrupt a plurality of processors to process the packets, and wherein each queue is associated with a corresponding processor;
• configuring, by the processor, the network device to queue interrupt requests for a single flow of packets between a source and a destination, wherein the network device is configured to switch from inserting interrupt requests into a first queue to into a second queue upon queuing a threshold number of interrupt requests for the single flow of packets into the first queue;
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• controlling, by the processor, the network device to interrupt multiple processors for the single flow of packets by insert interrupt requests for the single flow of packets into different queues.