Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] support changing steering policies in tuntap
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2017-10-01 03:28:07
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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2017-10-01 03:28:07
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:09:05PM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
Programming from the guest is indeed different. I don't fully understand that use case.
Generally programming host BPF from guest is a clear win - think DOS protection. Guest runs logic to detect dos attacks, then passes the program to host. Afterwards, host does not need to enter guest if there's a DOS attack. Saves a ton of cycles. The difficulty is making it work well, e.g. how do we handle maps? -- MST