From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@gmail.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 0/5] bpf: Support RX/TX HW timestamp proxy.
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:20:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613102041.55e3b50e@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613010039.1362312-1-kuniyu@google.com>
On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:59:57 +0000 Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> When standard socket applications are run on these hosts,
> a userspace proxy is required to mediate traffic between the
> hardware and the applications.
>
> +---------+ +----------------------+
> | proxy | | socket application |
> +---------+ +----------------------+
> ^ ^ ^
> userspace | | |
> -----------| |-----------------------------------------------
> | | | +---------------------+ | skb
> | | `--->| virtual interface |<---'
> kernel | | skb +---------------------+
> -----------| |-----------------------------------------------
> |
> v
> +------------+
> | hardware |
> +------------+
The first patch looks kinda nonsensical but then I saw this diagram.
Looks like you're vibe coding an integration that makes it easier to
treat netdev as a slow path for a user networking stack.
Please tell me if I'm missing anything otherwise add my nack if you
repost.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-13 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-13 0:59 [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 0/5] bpf: Support RX/TX HW timestamp proxy Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 0:59 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 1/5] ethtool: Introduce ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_SET for virtual interfaces Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 2:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-13 3:43 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 0:59 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 2/5] bpf: Rename bpf_kfunc_set_tcp_reqsk to bpf_kfunc_set_sched_cls Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:00 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 3/5] bpf: Add bpf_skb_set_hwtstamp() Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 22:01 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:00 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 4/5] bpf: Add kfunc to proxy TX HW Timestamp Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-13 22:03 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:00 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 5/5] selftest: bpf: Add test for hwtstamp proxy Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 1:31 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-06-13 22:08 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 17:20 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-06-13 21:43 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 0/5] bpf: Support RX/TX HW timestamp proxy Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-13 22:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-13 23:18 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
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