Protocol
dma-buf
Lab ready Full lab
Linux buffer-sharing primitive for zero-copy exchange across drivers such as GPU, NIC, and media. Exporters and importers negotiate access with fences for synchronization. It is the kernel building block under many GPUDirect and multimedia paths.
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linuxzero-copybufferp2p
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