elkodon - Zero-Copy Lock-Free IPC Purely Written In Rust
- Introduction
- Performance
- Getting Started
- Supported Platforms
- Language Bindings
- Thanks To All Contributors
Introduction
Welcome to Elkodon, the efficient, and ultra-low latency inter-process communication middleware. This library is designed to provide you with fast and reliable zero-copy and lock-free inter-process communication mechanisms.
Elkodon is all about providing a seamless experience for inter-process communication, featuring versatile messaging patterns. Whether you're diving into publish-subscribe, events, or the promise of upcoming features like request-response, pipelines, and blackboard, Elkodon has you covered.
One of the features of Elkodon is its consistently low transmission latency regardless of payload size, ensuring a predictable and reliable communication experience.
Elkodon's origins can be traced back to iceoryx. By overcoming past technical debts and refining the architecture, Elkodon enables the modularity we've always desired.
In the near future, Elkodon is poised to support at least the same feature set and platforms as iceoryx, ensuring a seamless transition and offering enhanced capabilities for your inter-process communication needs. So, if you're looking for lightning-fast, cross-platform communication that doesn't compromise on performance or modularity, Elkodon is your answer.
Performance
gantt
title Latency (in ns) - 64b payload
dateFormat X
axisFormat %s
section elkodon
240 : 0, 240
section iceoryx
1000 : 0, 1000
section MQueue
700 : 0, 700
section UDS
1500 : 0, 1500
gantt
title Latency (in ns) - 64kb payload
dateFormat X
axisFormat %s
section elkodon
240 : 0, 240
section iceoryx
1000 : 0, 1000
section MQueue
14000 : 0, 14000
section UDS
23000 : 0, 23000
Benchmark-System
- CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H CPU @ 2.30GHz
- OS: Linux 6.5.9-arch2-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC GNU/Linux
- Compiler:
- rustc 1.72.1
- gcc 13.2.1 20230801
Getting Started
Publish Subscribe
This minimal example showcases a publisher sending the number 1234 every second, while a subscriber efficiently receives and prints the data.
publisher.rs
use elkodon::prelude::*;
use elkodon_bb_posix::signal::SignalHandler;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let service_name = ServiceName::new(b"My/Funk/ServiceName")?;
let service = zero_copy::Service::new(&service_name)
.publish_subscribe()
.open_or_create::<usize>()?;
let publisher = service.publisher().create()?;
while !SignalHandler::termination_requested() {
let sample = publisher.loan_uninit()?;
let sample = sample.write_payload(1234);
publisher.send(sample)?;
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
}
Ok(())
}
subscriber.rs
use elkodon::prelude::*;
use elkodon_bb_posix::signal::SignalHandler;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let service_name = ServiceName::new(b"My/Funk/ServiceName")?;
let service = zero_copy::Service::new(&service_name)
.publish_subscribe()
.open_or_create::<usize>()?;
let subscriber = service.subscriber().create()?;
while !SignalHandler::termination_requested() {
while let Some(sample) = subscriber.receive()? {
println!("received: {:?}", *sample);
}
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
}
Ok(())
}
This example is a simplified version of the publish-subscribe example. You can execute it by opening two terminals and calling:
Terminal 1:
cargo run --example publish_subscribe_publisher
Terminal 2:
cargo run --example publish_subscribe_subscriber
Events
This minimal example showcases an event notification between two processes.
notifier.rs
use elkodon::prelude::*;
use elkodon_bb_posix::signal::SignalHandler;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let event_name = ServiceName::new(b"MyEventName")?;
let event = zero_copy::Service::new(&event_name)
.event()
.open_or_create()?;
let notifier = event.notifier().create()?;
let mut counter: u64 = 0;
while !SignalHandler::termination_requested() {
counter += 1;
notifier.notify_with_custom_event_id(EventId::new(counter))?;
println!("Trigger event with id {} ...", counter);
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
}
Ok(())
}
listener.rs
use elkodon::prelude::*;
use elkodon_bb_posix::signal::SignalHandler;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let event_name = ServiceName::new(b"MyEventName")?;
let event = zero_copy::Service::new(&event_name)
.event()
.open_or_create()?;
let mut listener = event.listener().create()?;
while !SignalHandler::termination_requested() {
for event_id in listener.timed_wait(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1))? {
println!("event was triggered with id: {:?}", event_id);
}
}
Ok(())
}
This example is a simplified version of the event example. You can execute it by opening two terminals and calling:
Terminal 1:
cargo run --example event_notifier
Terminal 2:
cargo run --example event_listener
Custom Configuration
It is possible to configure default quality of service settings, paths and file suffixes in a custom configuration file. For more details visit the configuration directory.
Supported Platforms
The support levels can be adjusted when required.
| Operating System | State | Current Support Level | Target Support Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | planned | - | tier 1 |
| FreeBSD | done | tier 2 | tier 1 |
| FreeRTOS | planned | - | tier 2 |
| iOS | planned | - | tier 2 |
| Linux (x86_64) | done | tier 2 | tier 1 |
| Linux (aarch64) | done | tier 2 | tier 1 |
| Linux (32-bit) | in-progress | tier 3 | tier 1 |
| Mac OS | in-progress | tier 3 | tier 2 |
| QNX | planned | - | tier 1 |
| WatchOS | planned | - | tier 2 |
| Windows | done | tier 2 | tier 2 |
- tier 1 - All safety and security features are working.
- tier 2 - Works with a restricted security and safety feature set.
- tier 3 - Work in progress. Might compile and run or not.
Language Bindings
| Language | State |
|---|---|
| C / C++ | planned |
| Lua | planned |
| Python | planned |
| Zig | planned |
Thanks To All Contributors
 Christian »elfenpiff« Eltzschig |
 Mathias »elBoberido« Kraus |
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