[$] Direct-to-device networking

Post Syndicated from corbet original https://lwn.net/Articles/979549/

It has been nearly one year since the
first version
of the device memory TCP patches was posted by Mina
Almasry. Now on the 14th
revision
, this series appears to be stabilizing. Device memory TCP is
a specialized networking feature requiring a certain amount of setup, but
it could provide a significant performance improvement for some
data-intensive applications.