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techman9
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Why do we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack? (2016)
> So – this made me wonder. When we do high performance networking – why do we bother using the Linux kernel’s TCP stack at all, if it’s so expensive?
What makes the Linux kernel TCP stack expensive?
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What makes the Linux kernel TCP stack expensive?