[RFC 0/3] vhost-net: netfilter support for RX path
From: Cindy Lu <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-08 14:35:02
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kvm, lkml, virtualization
From: Cindy Lu <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-08 14:35:02
Also in:
kvm, lkml, virtualization
This series adds a minimal vhost-net filter support for RX. It introduces a UAPI for VHOST_NET_SET_FILTER and a simple SOCK_SEQPACKET message header. The kernel side keeps a filter socket reference and routes RX packets to userspace when it was enabled. Tested - vhost=on and vhost=off Cindy Lu (3): uapi: vhost: add vhost-net netfilter offload API vhost/net: add netfilter socket support vhost/net: add RX netfilter offload path drivers/vhost/net.c | 338 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 20 +++ 2 files changed, 358 insertions(+) -- 2.52.0