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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:38:11 +0000 From: "Grandhi, Sainath" <sainath.grandhi@...el.com> To: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> CC: "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net> Subject: RE: [PATCH RFC v1 0/3] Support for tap user-space access with veth interfaces Just a reminder for feedback. > -----Original Message----- > From: Grandhi, Sainath > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 5:34 PM > To: netdev@...r.kernel.org > Cc: davem@...emloft.net; Grandhi, Sainath <sainath.grandhi@...el.com> > Subject: [PATCH RFC v1 0/3] Support for tap user-space access with veth > interfaces > > From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@...el.com> > > This patchset adds a tap device driver for veth virtual network interface. > With this implementation, tap character interface can be added only to the peer > veth interface. Adding tap interface to veth is for usecases that forwards > packets between host and VMs. This eliminates the need for an additional > software bridge. This can be extended to create both the peer interfaces as tap > interfaces. These patches are a step in that direction. > > Sainath Grandhi (3): > net: Adding API to parse IFLA_LINKINFO attribute > net: Abstracting out common routines from veth for use by vethtap > vethtap: veth based tap driver > > drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/net/Makefile | 2 + > drivers/net/{veth.c => veth_main.c} | 80 ++++++++++--- > drivers/net/vethtap.c | 216 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/if_veth.h | 13 +++ > include/net/rtnetlink.h | 3 + > net/core/rtnetlink.c | 8 ++ > 7 files changed, 308 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) rename drivers/net/{veth.c => > veth_main.c} (89%) create mode 100644 drivers/net/vethtap.c create mode > 100644 include/linux/if_veth.h > > -- > 2.7.4
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