Facebook Technologies, LLC

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Adrian Harold Chadd

Gleb Kurtsov

Stanislav Sedov

In one embodiment, a method includes starting a network-coordination service, a network-interface component, and an application as separate processes within a user space of an operating system of a device; receiving, by the network-coordination service, a request from the application to connect with a host; selecting, by the network-coordination service and in response to the request, the network-interface component to service the requested connection with the host, the network-interface component is associated with a network interface; allocating, by the network-coordination service, a shared memory region for the application and the network-interface component, the shared memory region is associated with a reference; and sending, by the network-coordination service, the reference to the application, the reference is configured to be used by the application to access the shared memory region, and the shared memory region is configured to be used by the application and the network-interface component to communicate packet data.

Systems and methods for network stack

In one embodiment, a method includes starting a network-coordination service, a network-interface component, and an application as separate processes within a user space of an operating system of a device; receiving, by the network-coordination service, a request from the application to connect with a host; selecting, by the network-coordination service and in response to the request, the network-interface component to service the requested connection with the host, wherein the network-interface component is associated with a network interface of the device; allocating, by the network-coordination service, a shared memory region for the application and the selected network-interface component, wherein the shared memory region is associated with a reference; and sending, by the network-coordination service, the reference to the application, wherein the reference is configured to be used by the application to access the shared memory region; wherein the shared memory region is configured to be used by the application and the network-interface component to communicate packet data.

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Adrian Harold Chadd