Receive buffer management
US11681625B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Examples described herein can be used to allocate replacement receive buffers for use by a network interface, switch, or accelerator. Multiple refill queues can be used to receive identifications of available receive buffers. A refill processor can select one or more identifications from a refill queue and allocate the identifications to a buffer queue. None of the refill queues is locked from receiving identifications of available receive buffers but merely one of the refill buffers is accessed at a time to provide identifications of available receive buffers. Identifications of available receive buffers from the buffer queue are provide to the network interface, switch, or accelerator to store content of received packets.
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