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

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:24:36 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	sclark46@...thlink.net, 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 09/20/2012 04:51 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 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.

Does that then lift the tent flap for TOE?  As I recall, TOE's bypassing 
of all those things is one of the reasons used to reject TOE.

rick jones

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