The Packet Filter: An Efficient Mechanism for User-Level Network Code Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:691391, abstract = {Code to implement network protocols can be either inside the kernel of an operating system or in user-level processes. Kernel-resident code is hard to develop, debug, and maintain, but user-level implementations typically incur significant overhead and perform poorly. The performance of user-level network code depends on the mechanism used to demultiplex received packets. Demultiplexing in a user-level process increases the rate of context switches and system calls, resulting in poor...}, author = {Mogul, J. and Rashid, R. and Accetta, M.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles ({SOSP})}, citeulike-article-id = {691391}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.45.3138}, journal = {ACM Operating Systems Review, SIGOPS}, keywords = {article, first, posted}, number = {5}, pages = {39--51}, posted-at = {2006-06-09 20:31:09}, priority = {2}, title = {The Packet Filter: An Efficient Mechanism for User-Level Network Code}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.45.3138}, volume = {21}, year = {1987} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:691391 L3 - citeulike-article-id:691391 N2 - Code to implement network protocols can be either inside the kernel of an operating system or in user-level processes. Kernel-resident code is hard to develop, debug, and maintain, but user-level implementations typically incur significant overhead and perform poorly. The performance of user-level network code depends on the mechanism used to demultiplex received packets. Demultiplexing in a user-level process increases the rate of context switches and system calls, resulting in poor... IS - 5 JF - ACM Operating Systems Review, SIGOPS EP - 51 TI - The Packet Filter: An Efficient Mechanism for User-Level Network Code VL - 21 T2 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles ({SOSP}) SP - 39 KW - article KW - first KW - posted AU - Mogul, J AU - Rashid, R AU - Accetta, M PY - 1987/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.45.3138 ER -