Zero-copy network transmission with io

Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring

Posted Dec 31, 2021 16:41 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring by Sesse
Parent article: Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring

What we now want :-) is a mechanism that flags that buffer as COW in the user program.

Maybe some immutable mechanism coupled with garbage collect so the program can release it when the kernel's finished with it.

Cheers,
Wol

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