On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:39:53 -0800 John Ousterhout wrote: > This patch series begins the process of upstreaming the Homa transport > protocol. Homa is an alternative to TCP for use in datacenter > environments. It provides 10-100x reductions in tail latency for short > messages relative to TCP. Its benefits are greatest for mixed workloads > containing both short and long messages running under high network loads. > Homa is not API-compatible with TCP: it is connectionless and message- > oriented (but still reliable and flow-controlled). Homa's new API not > only contributes to its performance gains, but it also eliminates the > massive amount of connection state required by TCP for highly connected > datacenter workloads. Hi John! Thanks for pushing forward! I wanted to give you a heads up that we're operating at 50% maintainer capacity for the next 2 weeks so the reviews may be more muted than usual. Don't hesitate to post new versions (typically ~once a week) if you want to address any incoming feedback and/or the build issues. HTH
