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Google Patches Linux kernel with 40% TCP performance

Google Patches Linux kernel with 40% TCP performance

FromThe Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser


Google Patches Linux kernel with 40% TCP performance

FromThe Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Mar 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Google submitted a patch to Linux Kernel 6.8 to improve TCP performance by 40%, this is done via rearranging the tcp structures for better cpu cache lines, I explore this here.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Google improves Linux Kernel TCP by 40%
1:40 How CPU Cache Line Works
6:45 Reviewing the Google Patch

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.8-Networking
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231129072756.3684495-1-lixiaoyan@google.com/


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Welcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own. Most of my content in the podcast is an audio version of videos I post on my youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/HusseinNasser-software-engineering Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hnasr ?‍? Courses I Teach https://husseinnasser.com/courses