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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>, Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Status of AIO
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:58:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <440EFF08.3040604@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a36005b50603072309w3b622edek5c6c2e7b59d7b2d5@mail.gmail.com>

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> What has network I/O to do with O_DIRECT?  I'm talking about async network I/O.

O_DIRECT allows for zero copy IO, which saves a boatload of cpu cycles. 
  For disk IO it is possible to use O_DIRECT without aio, but there is 
generally a loss of efficiency doing so.  For network IO, O_DIRECT is 
not even possible without aio.

By using aio and O_DIRECT for network IO, you can achieve massive 
performance and scalability gains.

You said before that the kernel aio interface is not suitable for 
sockets.  Why not?



  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-08 15:59 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 [this message]
2006-03-06 23:33     ` Benjamin LaHaise
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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