diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d678a58c0205793a5e70e23e5ea009a55b771304..b6fc8cb11a574caf5589a7d77ab8e90c780fccfa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17467,6 +17467,14 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/overlayfs/vfs.git
F: Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
F: fs/overlayfs/
+OPENVPN DATA CHANNEL OFFLOAD
+M: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+L: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (moderated for non-subscribers)
+L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S: Maintained
+T: git https://github.com/OpenVPN/linux-kernel-ovpn.git
+F: drivers/net/ovpn/
+
P54 WIRELESS DRIVER
M: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 1fd5acdc73c6af0e1a861867039c3624fc618e25..d54ddf0f0e0979d75120805930da82f48b865ea4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ config WIREGUARD_DEBUG
Say N here unless you know what you're doing.
+config OVPN
+ tristate "OpenVPN data channel offload"
+ depends on NET && INET
+ select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
+ select DST_CACHE
+ select CRYPTO
+ select CRYPTO_AES
+ select CRYPTO_GCM
+ select CRYPTO_CHACHA20POLY1305
+ select STREAM_PARSER
+ help
+ This module enhances the performance of the OpenVPN userspace software
+ by offloading the data channel processing to kernelspace.
+
config EQUALIZER
tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
help
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 13743d0e83b5fde479e9b30ad736be402d880dee..5152b3330e28da7eaec821018a26c973bb33ce0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IPVLAN) += ipvlan/
obj-$(CONFIG_IPVTAP) += ipvlan/
obj-$(CONFIG_DUMMY) += dummy.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WIREGUARD) += wireguard/
+obj-$(CONFIG_OVPN) += ovpn/
obj-$(CONFIG_EQUALIZER) += eql.o
obj-$(CONFIG_IFB) += ifb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MACSEC) += macsec.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile b/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53fb197027d787d6683e9056d3d341abf6ed38e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# ovpn -- OpenVPN data channel offload in kernel space
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2024 OpenVPN, Inc.
+#
+# Author: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_OVPN) := ovpn.o
+ovpn-y += main.o
+ovpn-y += io.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/io.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/io.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad3813419c33cbdfe7e8ad6f5c8b444a3540a69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/io.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
+ * Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+
+#include "io.h"
+
+/* Send user data to the network
+ */
+netdev_tx_t ovpn_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ skb_tx_error(skb);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+}diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/io.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/io.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa259be66441f7b0262f39da12d6c3dce0a9b24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/io.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/* OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
+ * Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_OVPN_OVPN_H_
+#define _NET_OVPN_OVPN_H_
+
+netdev_tx_t ovpn_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
+
+#endif /* _NET_OVPN_OVPN_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..369a5a2b2fc1a497c8444e59f9b058eb40e49524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2024 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ * James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
+
+#include "main.h"
+#include "io.h"
+
+/* Driver info */
+#define DRV_DESCRIPTION "OpenVPN data channel offload (ovpn)"
+#define DRV_COPYRIGHT "(C) 2020-2024 OpenVPN, Inc."
+
+/**
+ * ovpn_dev_is_valid - check if the netdevice is of type 'ovpn'
+ * @dev: the interface to check
+ *
+ * Return: whether the netdevice is of type 'ovpn'
+ */
+bool ovpn_dev_is_valid(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit == ovpn_net_xmit;
+}
+
+static int ovpn_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
+ struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static struct rtnl_link_ops ovpn_link_ops = {
+ .kind = "ovpn",
+ .netns_refund = false,
+ .newlink = ovpn_newlink,
+ .dellink = unregister_netdevice_queue,
+};
+
+static int ovpn_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
+ unsigned long state, void *ptr)
+{
+ struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
+
+ if (!ovpn_dev_is_valid(dev))
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+ /* add device to internal list for later destruction upon
+ * unregistration
+ */
+ break;
+ case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+ /* can be delivered multiple times, so check registered flag,
+ * then destroy the interface
+ */
+ break;
+ case NETDEV_POST_INIT:
+ case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
+ case NETDEV_DOWN:
+ case NETDEV_UP:
+ case NETDEV_PRE_UP:
+ default:
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ }
+
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block ovpn_netdev_notifier = {
+ .notifier_call = ovpn_netdev_notifier_call,
+};
+
+static int __init ovpn_init(void)
+{
+ int err = register_netdevice_notifier(&ovpn_netdev_notifier);
+
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("ovpn: can't register netdevice notifier: %d\n", err);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ err = rtnl_link_register(&ovpn_link_ops);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("ovpn: can't register rtnl link ops: %d\n", err);
+ goto unreg_netdev;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+unreg_netdev:
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ovpn_netdev_notifier);
+ return err;
+}
+
+static __exit void ovpn_cleanup(void)
+{
+ rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ovpn_netdev_notifier);
+
+ rcu_barrier();
+}
+
+module_init(ovpn_init);
+module_exit(ovpn_cleanup);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
+MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_COPYRIGHT);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3215316c49bfcdf2496590bac878f145b8b27fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/* OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ * Author: James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
+ * Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_
+#define _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_
+
+bool ovpn_dev_is_valid(const struct net_device *dev);
+
+#endif /* _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/udp.h b/include/uapi/linux/udp.h
index d85d671deed3c78f6969189281b9083dcac000c6..edca3e430305a6bffc34e617421f1f3071582e69 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/udp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/udp.h
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ struct udphdr {
#define UDP_ENCAP_GTP1U 5 /* 3GPP TS 29.060 */
#define UDP_ENCAP_RXRPC 6
#define TCP_ENCAP_ESPINTCP 7 /* Yikes, this is really xfrm encap types. */
+#define UDP_ENCAP_OVPNINUDP 8 /* OpenVPN traffic */
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_UDP_H */
--
2.45.2