The article at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180022/Latest_Linux_kernel_uses_Google_made_protocols
describes SMP optimizations to the Linux kernel (the article mistakenly calls them "protocols," but they're not) which steer the processing of incoming network packets to the CPU core that is running the process for which they're destined. (Doing this requires code which straddles network layers in interesting ways.) The article claims that these optimizations are Google's invention, though they simply seem like a common sense way to make the best use of CPU cache.
The article claims dramatic performance improvements due to this optimization. Anything like this in the works for FreeBSD?
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