From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,v2 0/9] netfilter: flowtable bridge and vlan enhancements
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201015124748.7793cbda@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201015163038.26992-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:30:29 +0200 Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> The following patchset adds infrastructure to augment the Netfilter
> flowtable fastpath [1] to support for local network topologies that
> combine IP forwarding, bridge and vlan devices.
>
> A typical scenario that can benefit from this infrastructure is composed
> of several VMs connected to bridge ports where the bridge master device
> 'br0' has an IP address. A DHCP server is also assumed to be running to
> provide connectivity to the VMs. The VMs reach the Internet through
> 'br0' as default gateway, which makes the packet enter the IP forwarding
> path. Then, netfilter is used to NAT the packets before they leave to
> through the wan device.
Hi Pablo, I should have looked at this closer yesterday, but I think it
warrants a little more review than we can afford right now.
Let's take it after the merge window, sorry!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-15 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-15 16:30 [PATCH net-next,v2 0/9] netfilter: flowtable bridge and vlan enhancements Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 1/9] netfilter: flowtable: add xmit path types Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 2/9] net: resolve forwarding path from virtual netdevice and HW destination address Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 3/9] net: 8021q: resolve forwarding path for vlan devices Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 4/9] bridge: resolve forwarding path for bridge devices Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-22 10:24 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 5/9] netfilter: flowtable: use dev_fill_forward_path() to obtain ingress device Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 6/9] netfilter: flowtable: use dev_fill_forward_path() to obtain egress device Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-19 9:32 ` Jeremy Sowden
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 7/9] netfilter: flowtable: add direct xmit path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 8/9] netfilter: flowtable: bridge port support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-19 9:32 ` Jeremy Sowden
2020-10-15 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 9/9] netfilter: flowtable: add vlan support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-10-15 19:47 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2020-10-15 23:04 ` [PATCH net-next,v2 0/9] netfilter: flowtable bridge and vlan enhancements Pablo Neira Ayuso
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