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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Maria J. Frederic, Kodaikanal, IN;
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Dharmapuri, IN;
Vishal R Mansur, Hubil, IN;
Maria J. Frederic, Kodaikanal, IN;
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Dharmapuri, IN;
Vishal R Mansur, Hubil, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A network device can implement configurable socket aggregation to enable segmentation offload in the network device. In one embodiment, it is determined, at the network device, to create a network socket for an application of the network device to initiate a network connection for the application. Socket aggregation parameters are determined for the network socket associated with the application. The network socket is defined based, at least in part, on the socket aggregation parameters. A plurality of packets received from the application associated with the network socket are aggregated. It is determined, based on said aggregating the plurality of packets, whether at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached. An aggregate packet is provided to a network adapter of the network device to perform segmentation offload in response to said determining that at least one aggregation limit associated with the socket aggregation parameters is reached.