netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

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Message-ID: <1348141871.31352.66.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:51:11 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	sclark46@...thlink.net
Cc:	Bruce Curtis <brutus@...gle.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback
 connections

On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 07:28 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
>  
> Does this mean traffic on the loopback interface will not traverse 
> netfilter?
> 

Yes this was already mentioned.

Only the SYN / SYNACK messages will

All data will bypass IP stack, qdisc (if any), loopback driver, and
netfilter.



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