Kernel Thread Network Stack Buffering

A method comprising:

• executing an operating system that comprises a network module for handling data frames received over one or more network interfaces of a data system, the data frames directed to one or more kernel threads;
• in the network module, establishing a plurality of data buffers individually associated with the one or more kernel threads;
• in the network module, storing associated ones of the data frames for the one or more kernel threads in the data buffers as the data frames are processed through a network stack of the data system;
• and
• in the network module, maintaining data exclusivity locks for the plurality of data buffers and individually associating the data exclusivity locks with the one or more kernel threads.

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor configured to execute an operating system that comprises a network stack for handling storage frames that are received into the network stack over one or more network interfaces, the storage frames comprising storage operations directed to one or more storage drives;
• and
• the network stack configured to:
• establish a plurality of data buffers individually associated with kernel threads executed by the processor;
• store associated ones of the storage frames for the kernel threads in the data buffers as the storage frames are processed through the network stack;
• and
• maintain data exclusivity locks for the plurality of data buffers and individually associate the data exclusivity locks with the kernel threads.