sendfile, splice and the zero-copy mindset
Stop bouncing bytes through userspace just to put a file on a socket.
Stop bouncing bytes through userspace just to put a file on a socket.
Attaching a verified program to a tracepoint, and why this beats strace under load.
Switching off loss-based congestion control on a long-fat path, and the fq gotcha for UDP.
Two ring buffers, one syscall, and the mental model that finally made it click.
Why my OOM kills moved around after switching to the unified hierarchy, and the three knobs that matter.