Re:SOCKMAP – TCP splicing of the future
by pas on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:52PM
(#19194333)
XDP is sort of that for the network subsystem. (Though it doesn't allow you to implement drivers, "just" protocols.) Next step could be filesystem stuff, then libvirt drivers, etc.
But BPF is no that versatile, but at least it has a stable ABI.
But BPF is no that versatile, but at least it has a stable ABI.