Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-09-20 19:41:05
From: Rick Jones <redacted> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:24:36 -0700
On 09/20/2012 04:51 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:quoted
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.
Wrong. This bypassing is completely in software, and completely controlled by us. Which is completely opposite to TOE. Don't spread fud like this, even on a whim.