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Analyzing and Optimizing the Linux Networking Stack
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@MISC{Bolla_analyzingand,
author = {Raffaele Bolla and Roberto Bruschi and Andrea Ranieri and Gioele Traverso and Infocom Genova},
title = {Analyzing and Optimizing the Linux Networking Stack},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
It is well known the Linux Operative System provides a support so complete and effective to networking functionalities, to be widely used in many advanced fields, like, among the others, software routers and GRID architectures. Notwithstanding the arising popularity and the continuous development of the Linux Operative System, there is no clear indication about the maximum networking performance level that it can achieve, and no information about the computational weight required by packet processing operations. Our main aim in this work is to analyze and to optimize the Linux networking stack performance, trying to evaluate the impact of networking functionalities on the whole system. At this purpose, to better characterize the performance bottlenecks, we have performed both external and internal measurements, benchmarking both a standard Linux kernel and an optimized version.
Keyphrases
linux networking stack linux operative system main aim standard linux kernel many advanced field whole system packet processing operation clear indication linux networking stack performance grid architecture continuous development computational weight software router maximum networking performance level internal measurement performance bottleneck optimized version
