Re: [PATCH bpf-next] samples/bpf: add xdp_redirect_map with xdp_prog support

On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:46:39 +0800
Hangbin Liu [off-list ref] wrote:

This patch add running xdp program on egress interface support for
xdp_redirect_map sample. The new prog will change the IP ttl based
on egress ifindex.

Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <redacted>
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 samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_kern.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_user.c | 21 ++++----

Hmmm... I don't think is it a good idea to modify xdp_redirect_map this way.

The xdp_redirect_map is used for comparative benchmarking and
mentioned+used in scientific articles.  As far as I can see, this
change will default slowdown xdp_redirect_map performance, right?

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