Published November 18, 2024 | Version v7

**Poster: Open Entire Linux Network Stack Diagram**

This detailed diagram presents the entire Linux Network Stack, covering all critical components and layers. It includes:

– **Virtualization and Linux Containers:** Emulation and Paravirtualization techniques.
– **Network Sockets**
– **Network Stack:**
– Upper layers such as TCP and UDP
– Lower layers featuring GRO, RPS, RFS, and GSO
– **Network Scheduler**
– **NetFilter and Traffic Control:** Bridge and Bond interfaces, Tap interface
– **Device Driver:** Queue management, NAPI, IRQ handler
– **Network Functions Accelerated by NIC:** Checksum offload, VLAN, VxLAN, GRE, TSO, LRO, RSS
– **Network Card**

Each section and layer in the diagram includes practical tips for optimization and relevant statistics to help deepen your understanding and improve network performance.

This diagram is part of the book *Operativni sustavi i računalne mreže: Linux u primjeni*.

**Files:**
– Linux Network Stack EN.pdf (5.4 MB)

For more information and related works, see the book DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.8119310](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8119310).
https://zenodo.org/records/14179366