Multicast Operation and Stack Sharing

Onload User Guide (UG1586)

Document ID
UG1586
Release Date
2023-07-31
Revision
1.2 English

To illustrate shared stacks, the following examples describe Onload behavior when two processes, on the same host, subscribe to the same multicast stream:

Note: The following subsections use two processes to demonstrate Onload behavior. In practice multiple processes can share the same Onload stack. Stack sharing is not limited to multicast subscribers and can be employed by any TCP and UDP applications.