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From: Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri,  3 Jun 2016 17:26:59 +0200

> It is transparent to most existing TCP connection load balancers
> that are commonly used in the enterprise data center environment for
> multi-tier application workloads.

I think a better word would be "bypass".  And likewise the data stream
bypasses our packet scheduler, netfilter, classifiers, and just about
every other interesting facility in the kernel.