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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
Cc: Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Status of AIO
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:33:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060306233300.GR20768@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a36005b50603061453w36f5d49cs7bac0c186aee30b3@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 02:53:07PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> I don't think the POSIX AIO nor the kernel AIO interfaces are suitable
> for sockets, at least the way we can expect network traffic to be
> handled in the near future.  Some more radical approaches are needed. 
> I'll have some proposals which will be part of the talk I have at OLS.

Oh?  I've always envisioned that network AIO would be able to use O_DIRECT 
style zero copy transmit, and something like I/O AT on the receive side.  
The in kernel API provides a lightweight event mechanism that should work 
ideally for this purpose.

		-ben
-- 
"Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important."
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-03-06 23:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-06  6:24 Status of AIO Dan Aloni
2006-03-06 15:05 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-06 21:18 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-06 22:53   ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-03-06 23:15     ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-08  7:09       ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-03-08 15:58         ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-06 23:33     ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2006-03-07  0:24       ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07  0:42         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-07  0:51           ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07  1:39             ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-07  2:04               ` Dan Aloni
2006-03-07  2:07                 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-07  3:11                   ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07  7:33                   ` Dan Aloni
2006-03-07  3:06               ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07 16:35                 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-07  1:34         ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-07  3:04           ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07  4:07             ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-07  6:02               ` David S. Miller
2006-03-07 16:06                 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-07  1:30   ` Dan Aloni
2006-03-07  1:37     ` Nicholas Miell
2006-03-07  1:37     ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-07  1:40     ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-03-06 23:18 ` Phillip Susi

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