One-sided reliable remote direct memory operations

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more sequences of instructions for performing an operation on a first computing device, the one or more sequences of instructions comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• executing, on the first computing device, an application capable of performing the operation;
• wherein the first computing device includes a network interface controller with an execution candidate capable of interpreting instructions that, when interpreted, cause performance of the operation;
• wherein the application and the execution candidate have access to a shared memory of the first computing device;
• wherein the operation requires multiple accesses to data in the shared memory;
• selecting, by a requesting entity executing on a second computing device that is remote relative to the first computing device, a target from among the application and the execution candidate;
• responsive to the application being selected as the target, the requesting entity sending the application a request to perform the operation;
• and
• responsive to the execution candidate being selected as the target, the requesting entity causing the execution candidate to interpret instructions that, when interpreted by the execution candidate, cause performance of the operation.