A network interface controller (NIC) capable of hybrid message matching is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a host interface, a hardware endpoint, and an endpoint management logic block. The host interface can couple the NIC to a host device. The hardware endpoint can facilitate a point of communication for an application running on the host device. The endpoint management logic block can maintain a list for storing a message associated with an endpoint represented by the hardware endpoint. The endpoint management logic block can then determine whether the utilization of the list is higher than a threshold. If the utilization is higher than the threshold, the endpoint management logic block can set a state of the endpoint to indicate that the endpoint is software managed. The NIC thus can transfer the control of the endpoint from the hardware endpoint to a software process of the host device.

A network interface controller (NIC) capable of hybrid message matching is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a host interface, a hardware endpoint, and an endpoint management logic block. The host interface can couple the NIC to a host device. The hardware endpoint can facilitate a point of communication for an application running on the host device. The endpoint management logic block can maintain a list for storing a message associated with an endpoint represented by the hardware endpoint. The endpoint management logic block can then determine whether the utilization of the list is higher than a threshold. If the utilization is higher than the threshold, the endpoint management logic block can set a state of the endpoint to indicate that the endpoint is software managed. The NIC thus can transfer the control of the endpoint from the hardware endpoint to a software process of the host device.

Data-driven intelligent networking systems and methods are provided. The system can accommodate dynamic traffic with fast, effective congestion control. The system can maintain state information of individual packet flows, which can be set up or released dynamically based on injected data. Each flow can be provided with a flow-specific input queue upon arriving at a switch. Packets of a respective flow can be acknowledged after reaching the egress point of the network, and the acknowledgement packets can be sent back to the ingress point of the flow along the same data path. As a result, each switch can obtain state information of each flow and perform flow control on a per-flow basis.

Data-driven intelligent networking systems and methods are provided. The system can accommodate dynamic traffic with fast, effective congestion control. The system can maintain state information of individual packet flows, which can be set up or released dynamically based on injected data. Each flow can be provided with a flow-specific input queue upon arriving at a switch. Packets of a respective flow can be acknowledged after reaching the egress point of the network, and the acknowledgement packets can be sent back to the ingress point of the flow along the same data path. As a result, each switch can obtain state information of each flow and perform flow control on a per-flow basis.

A method and apparatus for managing buffering of data packets of a network card, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: setting ring buffer queues, setting a length of each ring buffer queue according to a size of a total buffer space and the number of threads of an upper-layer application, then setting a buffer pool formed by two ring buffer queues, and setting the two ring buffer queues in the buffer pool as a busy queue and an idle queue, respectively; a network card driver receiving data packets from a data link, classifying the data packets, sequentially buffering the classified data packets into the busy queue by using a write pointer of the busy queue, and then sequentially mapping addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue into the idle queue; acquiring latest addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue by using a read pointer of the idle queue; and the upper-layer application successively acquiring and processing the buffered data packets by using a read pointer of the busy queue, and successively releasing the addresses of the processed buffered data packets in the busy queue by using a write pointer of the idle queue.

A method and apparatus for managing buffering of data packets of a network card, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: setting ring buffer queues, setting a length of each ring buffer queue according to a size of a total buffer space and the number of threads of an upper-layer application, then setting a buffer pool formed by two ring buffer queues, and setting the two ring buffer queues in the buffer pool as a busy queue and an idle queue, respectively; a network card driver receiving data packets from a data link, classifying the data packets, sequentially buffering the classified data packets into the busy queue by using a write pointer of the busy queue, and then sequentially mapping addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue into the idle queue; acquiring latest addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue by using a read pointer of the idle queue; and the upper-layer application successively acquiring and processing the buffered data packets by using a read pointer of the busy queue, and successively releasing the addresses of the processed buffered data packets in the busy queue by using a write pointer of the idle queue.

A method and apparatus for managing buffering of data packets of a network card, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: setting ring buffer queues, setting a length of each ring buffer queue, then setting a buffer pool formed by two ring buffer queues, and setting the two ring buffer queues in the buffer pool as a busy queue and an idle queue, respectively; a network card driver receiving data packets from a data link, classifying the data packets, sequentially buffering the classified data packets into the busy queue, and then sequentially mapping addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue into the idle queue; acquiring latest addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue; and the upper-layer application successively acquiring and processing the buffered data packets, and successively releasing the addresses of the processed buffered data packets in the busy queue.

A method and apparatus for managing buffering of data packets of a network card, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: setting ring buffer queues, setting a length of each ring buffer queue, then setting a buffer pool formed by two ring buffer queues, and setting the two ring buffer queues in the buffer pool as a busy queue and an idle queue, respectively; a network card driver receiving data packets from a data link, classifying the data packets, sequentially buffering the classified data packets into the busy queue, and then sequentially mapping addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue into the idle queue; acquiring latest addresses of the buffered data packets in the busy queue; and the upper-layer application successively acquiring and processing the buffered data packets, and successively releasing the addresses of the processed buffered data packets in the busy queue.

Methods and systems are provided to facilitate network egress fairness between applications. At an egress port of a network, an arbitrator can provide fairness-based traffic shaping to data associated with applications. The desired fairness-based traffic shaping can be provided based on bandwidth, traffic classes, or other parameters. Consequently, the egress link's bandwidth can be allocated with fairness among the applications.

Methods and systems are provided to facilitate network egress fairness between applications. At an egress port of a network, an arbitrator can provide fairness-based traffic shaping to data associated with applications. The desired fairness-based traffic shaping can be provided based on bandwidth, traffic classes, or other parameters. Consequently, the egress link's bandwidth can be allocated with fairness among the applications.