microsoft / microsoft/demikernel
[inetstack] Fast `connect()`
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Rust
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- 1.2k
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Description
Description
When the remote is already in the ARP cache, we can greatly speedup the connect operation by inlining fast path in protocols::tcp::active_open::new()
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Research direction
Start in protocols::tcp::active_open::new() and trace how connect handles a remote address already present in the ARP cache. Compare the existing path with the proposed inline fast path and identify how connect completion is currently determined. Done means the cached-ARP case follows the faster path without changing other connection behavior; the issue names no test or benchmark.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100