Netdev 0x16 - Towards µs Tail Latency and Terabit Ethernet Disaggregating the Host Network Stack
Channel: netdevconf
Date: 18/01/2023

Speakers:
Qizhe Cai
Midhul Vuppalapati
Jaehyun Hwang
Christos Kozyrakis
Rachit Agarwal

Info: In discussions about future host network stacks, there is widespread agreement that, despite its great success, today's Linux network stack is seriously deficient along one or more dimensions. Some of the most frequently cited flaws include its inefficient packet processing pipeline, its inability to isolate latency-sensitive and throughput-bound applications, its rigid and complex implementation, its inefficient transport protocols, to name a few. These critiques have led to many interesting (and exciting!) debates on various design aspects of the Linux network stack: interface (e.g., streaming versus RPC), semantics (e.g., synchronous versus asynchronous I/O), and placement (e.g., in-kernel versus userspace versus hardware).

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