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:

quoted

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