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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Nicolas G. Droux, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Kais Belgaied, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sunay Tripathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicolas G. Droux, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Kais Belgaied, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sunay Tripathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for notifying a packet destination that includes receiving a packet by a network interface card (NIC), where the packet destination is a destination of the packet, classifying the packet, forwarding the packet to one of a plurality of receive rings on the NIC, determining whether the one of the plurality of receive rings comprises space to store the packet, dropping the packet if the receive ring does not comprise the space to store the packet, and sending a notification message to the packet destination, where the notification message indicates that the packet was dropped by the receive ring.