Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] net: devmem: support devmem with netkit devices

Bobby Eshleman
2026-04-29T15:18:34Z

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 02:08:31PM +0200, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Hi Bobby,
>
> On 4/29/26 12:41 AM, Bobby Eshleman wrote:
> > This series enables TCP devmem TX through netkit devices.
> >
> > Netkit now supports queue leasing. A physical NIC's RX queue can be
> > leased to a netkit guest interface inside a container namespace. This
> > gives the container a devmem-capable data path on the RX side (bind-rx,
> > etc...). On the TX side, the container process binds to its netkit guest
> > interface and sends traffic that netkit redirects (via BPF or ip
> > forwarding) to the physical NIC for DMA.
> [...]
> Thanks for working on this, after the RX queue leasing got merged, I've
> been looking into the same actually. :)
>
> I think the NETMEM_TX_* enum approach seems reasonable.
>
> What I have a PoC on is to build out TX queue leasing as first-class
> symmetric infrastructure to complement the RX queue leasing - basically
> I implemented an equivalent to the latter in netdev_nl_queue_create_doit
> et al, so you can have independent RX and TX leases and per-queue
> accountability, such that ynl queue-get op shows the full picture, and
> lastly we could also enable AF_XDP TX-only support through this infra.
>
> Would you be open to collab on integrating both and migrating the devmem
> code to work off an TX queue object? Next week is LSF/MM/BPF, are you
> there by any chance to catch up in person?
>

Hey Daniel,

Definitely am open to that. I will unfortunately not be at LSF/MM/BPF,
but maybe we can schedule a meeting offline to sync up?

On the approach, explicit TX queue leasing sounds like a better way to
permit devmem's tx binding than implicitly via RX lease.

Best,
Bobby