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Nov 7, 2016 · Operations
Capturing 10 Million Packets per Second on Linux without Specialized Libraries
This article explains how to achieve multi‑million‑packet‑per‑second network capture on Linux 3.16 using standard C/C++ code, by distributing interrupts across cores, employing AF_PACKET with FANOUT and RX_RING, and optimizing memory handling to eliminate costly kernel locks and copies.
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