Why choosing AF_XDP (busy polling) over DPDK

Federico Parola <[email protected]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:08:15 +0100

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.xdp-newbies
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Hello everyone,
in a context in which all traffic is sent to user space, and the main 
concern is performance (so AF_XDP busy polling is the best candidate), 
is there a reason to choose AF_XDP instead of DPDK for packet I/O, given 
that the latter is still much faster?

Best regards,
Federico Parola