Header replication in accelerated TCP (Transport Control Protocol) stack processing

摘要

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides storing a packet header at a set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers, and storing the packet header and a packet payload at a location not in the set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
performing packet processing on a packet including extracting a payload from said packet; using a data movement circuit to place the payload corresponding to said packet into a read buffer substantially simultaneously while performing packet processing and substantially simultaneously with a direct memory access (DMA) operation of the data movement circuit.