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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Ingo Molnar, Gyongyos, HU;
Ingo Molnar, Gyongyos, HU;
Red Hat, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for handling communication requests at a server without context switching. An application protocol subsystem and protocol modules are disposed within an operating system kernel at a server. The protocol subsystem creates an 'in-kernel' protocol stack that stores information regarding application protocol requests, such as HTTP and FTP requests, in a kernel request structure. A user space application can then continue execution while the operating system responds to the application protocol request without context switching. In this way, application protocol requests received over a network are handled and responded to by the server without causing a context switch.