Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
Operating systems such as Linux cater to numerous network applications ranging from daemons that provide services namely HTTPd and SSHd to client programs that access these services. Traditionally, these programs are written in user space and use system calls to switch to the kernel so that operatio...
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| description | Operating systems such as Linux cater to numerous network applications ranging from daemons that provide services namely HTTPd and SSHd to client programs that access these services. Traditionally, these programs are written in user space and use system calls to switch to the kernel so that operations such as establishing a socket, read or write can be executed. This paper discusses the alternative to the above method which is to implement these user space applications in the kernel. In this research, the performance of UDP implementations of server and client programs in the user space are compared to running them in the kernel space. It proofs the concept that implementing applications in the kernel space reduces the CPU load and enables slightly faster goodput rate due to lesser context-switching between the user and kernel space. ©2007 IEEE.
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:3682017-01-19T08:27:04Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/368/ Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application K., Minghao Y.C., Khong K.K., Ettikan TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Operating systems such as Linux cater to numerous network applications ranging from daemons that provide services namely HTTPd and SSHd to client programs that access these services. Traditionally, these programs are written in user space and use system calls to switch to the kernel so that operations such as establishing a socket, read or write can be executed. This paper discusses the alternative to the above method which is to implement these user space applications in the kernel. In this research, the performance of UDP implementations of server and client programs in the user space are compared to running them in the kernel space. It proofs the concept that implementing applications in the kernel space reduces the CPU load and enables slightly faster goodput rate due to lesser context-switching between the user and kernel space. ©2007 IEEE. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/368/1/paper.pdf K., Minghao and Y.C., Khong and K.K., Ettikan (2007) Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application. In: 2007 5th Student Conference on Research and Development, SCORED, 11 December 2007 through 12 December 2007, Selangor. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50449106004&partnerID=40&md5=86eeabf32a3672979950dfe5a7e18c10 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering K., Minghao Y.C., Khong K.K., Ettikan Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application |
| title | Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
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| title_full | Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
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| title_fullStr | Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
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| title_full_unstemmed | Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
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| title_short | Performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application
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| title_sort | performance analysis and optimization of user space versus kernel space network application |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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