Paper Info
Title
The internals of advanced interrupt handling techniques: Performance optimization of an embedded Linux network interface
Abstract
Linux over the past few years has gained in popularity as the OS fit for embedded networking equipment. Its reliability, low cost and undisputed networking capabilities made it one of the most popular choices for the networking market. As access interfaces become faster and network applications more sophisticated, a lot of effort has been focused on the improvement of Linux networking performance. This paper analyzes the routing performance improvement of an embedded communications processor by endorsing advanced interrupt handling techniques. Even though these techniques are well known and are popular on a variety of networking hardware, their combination is not so often used. Moreover, their performance evaluation is poorly analyzed and documented. Even though the analysis is based on an embedded Linux system, these techniques are not hardware specific, and can be applied to a wide variety of networking systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.comcom.2008.05.036
Computer Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Linux,Embedded processor,Interrupt coalescing,NAPI,Performance optimization
Interrupt,Computer science,Front end processor,Popularity,Networking hardware,Computer network,Real-time computing,Interrupt coalescing,Operating system,Performance improvement,Network interface,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
14
0140-3664
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.49
3
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stergios D. Spanos130.98
Apostolos Meliones26216.35
George I. Stassinopoulos35218.50