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Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring

Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring

Posted Jan 2, 2022 9:56 UTC (Sun) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
In reply to: Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring by jafd
Parent article: Zero-copy network transmission with io_uring

That's easy: as soon as the kernel is sure it doesn't need the buffer any more, i.e. when the TCP ACK has arrived for its last byte, or when the network interface tells the kernel that it has transmitted the data (UDP).

There is no kernel buffer. The whole point of this is to enable Zero Copy.


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