That said, there are cases where it would make sense in a multicore environment to pin one core to storage polling, and another to network polling.
You will then, of course, have contention in transitioning data between the two, but there are existing and useful models for eliding much of the locking load there.
You will then, of course, have contention in transitioning data between the two, but there are existing and useful models for eliding much of the locking load there.