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Re:Userspace isn't slow, some kernel interfaces are by ADSSDA on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:53PM (#33979456)
As someone who spends a lot of time working with DPDK, the idea that anyone would consider userspace "slow" and kernel of all things "fast" is amusing to me.

Most everyone nowadays seems to try to avoid kernel as much as possible, since it's vastly slower than a userspace forwarding plane (although eBPF/XDP will likely change this).

Re:Userspace isn't slow, some kernel interfaces are by wmf on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:05AM (#33980526)
This comment is a good example of why "userspace networking" is not a coherent concept.

Also I don't think Tailscale could use DPDK in 99% of cases.