Exploiting in-kernel data paths to improve i/o throughput and cpu availability (1993) [51 citations — 4 self]
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by Kevin Fall, Joseph Pasquale
In Proceedings of the Winter 1993 USENIX Conference
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Fall93exploitingin-kernel,author = {Kevin Fall and Joseph Pasquale},
title = {Exploiting in-kernel data paths to improve i/o throughput and cpu availability},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the Winter 1993 USENIX Conference},
year = {1993},
pages = {327--333}
}
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Abstract:
We present the motivation, design, implementation, and performance evaluation of a UNIX kernel mechanism capable of establishing fast in-kernel data pathways between I/O objects. A new system call, splice() moves data asynchronously and without user-process intervention to and from I/O objects specified by file descriptors. Performance measurements indicate improved I/O throughput and increased CPU availability attributable to reduce context switch and data copying overhead.
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