Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Kacheong Poon

Cahya Adi Masputra

Embodiments of the present invention provide for reliable receipt of data packets by a network device. The present invention also provides a receive thread for receiving data packets. The present invention also provides a drainer thread for processing packets according to an applicable protocol. As a result, the network device is capable of receiving and processing data packets at an increased rate.

Data communication execution thread

A kernel data transfer optimizing system for dynamically subdividing data blocks which are presented by application programs to be transferred to the kernel's network subsystem for processing into blocks of data in accordance with data transfer parameters set by the application program. The data transfer optimizing system includes logic that allows a programmer to dynamically adjust the size of data buffers that store the data blocks of the application program data in the kernel according to the application program parameters prior to transmitting the data blocks in the transport layer of the network subsystem. The data transfer optimizer allows the kernel to process data in large chunks thereby reducing the processing time of data presented to the network subsystem.

System and method for an efficient transport layer transmit interface

Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel method of implementing a network communication protocol. In one embodiment, the state of the network communication process is determined based upon one or more conditions. The protocol stack is then executed as a single thread of execution if the network communication process is in a first state. Alternatively, the protocol stack is executed as a receive thread of execution and a drainer thread of execution if the network communication process is in a second state.

Load-balancing utilizing one or more threads of execution for implementing a protocol stack

Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a mechanism for accepting extended amounts of data in a layered network protocol. The methods and systems thus allow the network protocol to more efficiently receive data and forward the data to the correct entity. As a result, the programs experience greater network data throughput. The methods and systems may be implemented in widely accepted Internet Protocol (IP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) networks.

Methods and systems for efficient multi-packet data processing in a layered network protocol

Embodiments of the present invention provide for multi-data receiving and processing by a network communication protocol. The present invention aggregates multiple data packets destined for the same application. The present invention also provides for header/payload splitting. The present invention also provides for the separate processing of aggregated headers and aggregated payloads. As a result, per-packet processing costs are reduced and data locality is increased.

Multi-data receive processing according to a data communication protocol

Embodiments of the present invention provide for execution of a protocol in a multi-processor network device. In one embodiment, a hash function is applied to one or more fields of the data packet header to determine a unique index. A hash table is then queried, whereby data indicating one or more threads corresponding to said unique index is extracted. An available thread of execution, which has previously handled packet in the same receive stream, may thus be selected from a pool of threads. The selected thread of execution is then dispatched to provide for receive processing of the present data packet.

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