netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v8] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass in vxlan

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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:40:03 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, eng.alaamohamedsoliman.am@...il.com, gnault@...hat.com,
 idosch@...dia.com, liuhangbin@...il.com, eyal.birger@...il.com,
 jtoppins@...hat.com, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v8] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass
 in vxlan

On 06/06/2023 05:32, Vladimir Nikishkin wrote:
> Add userspace support for the [no]localbypass vxlan netlink
> attribute. With localbypass on (default), the vxlan driver processes
> the packets destined to the local machine by itself, bypassing the
> userspace nework stack. With nolocalbypass the packets are always
> forwarded to the userspace network stack, so userspace programs,
> such as tcpdump have a chance to process them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
> ---
> v7=>v8: fix indentation. Make sure patch applies in iproute2-next.
> 
> ip/iplink_vxlan.c     | 10 ++++++++++
>  man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>