Comment by dist1ll
2 hours ago
Fwiw with ef_vi you have full control over the event queue - you don't need to busy-spin it, you can choose whatever strategy you prefer.
> tokio is appropriate for general userspace apps
Yep, and for those I wouldn't recommend it. But tokio is also widely used in performance-critical infrastructure and web services. For those I'd say it can definitely be worth taking a second look at kernel bypass.
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