Patent ID: 9094351
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving from a virtual machine, by a processor executing a hypervisor that is hosted by a computer system, a request to transmit an outgoing packet to a destination, and an identification of a receive queue of a plurality of receive queues of the virtual machine, wherein the identification of the receive queue is provided to the hypervisor by the virtual machine along with the request; obtaining by the hypervisor, from a header of the outgoing packet, a flow identifier that identifies a flow associated with the outgoing packet; storing an association between the flow identifier and the receive queue; transmitting the outgoing packet to the destination; receiving, after the transmitting of the outgoing packet, an incoming packet whose header specifies the flow identifier; and inserting, by the hypervisor, the incoming packet into the receive queue using the identification of the receive queue.