[HN Gopher] Linux Kernel vs. DPDK: HTTP Performance Showdown
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       Linux Kernel vs. DPDK: HTTP Performance Showdown
        
       Author : talawahtech
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-07-04 21:39 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | tomohawk wrote:
       | From: https://talawah.io/blog/extreme-http-performance-tuning-
       | one-...
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       | > I am genuinely interested in hearing the opinions of more
       | security experts on this (turning off speculative execution
       | mitigatins). If this is your area of expertise, feel free to
       | leave a comment
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       | Are these generally safe if you have a machine that does not have
       | multi-user access and is in a security boundary?
        
       | pclmulqdq wrote:
       | This was a fascinating read and the kernel does quite nicely in
       | comparison - 66% of DPDK performance is amazing. That said, the
       | article completely nails the performance advantage: DPDK doesn't
       | do a lot of stuff that the kernel does. That stuff takes time. If
       | I recall correctly, DPDK abstractions themselves cost a bit of
       | NIC performance, so it might be interesting to see a comparison
       | including a raw NIC-specific kernel bypass framework (like the
       | SolarFlare one).
        
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