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Packets and sockets have to be stored in memory somehow. If you have a fixed pool that you reuse it's basically a slab allocator.
by wmf 8mo ago
Packets and sockets have to be stored in memory somehow. If you have a fixed pool that you reuse it's basically a slab allocator.
- CyberDildonics 8mo agoYou need some memory but that doesn't mean you would constantly allocate memory. There is a big difference between a few allocations and allocating in a hot loop.