On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM Cindy Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
I wonder if a packet socket is sufficient or is this for macvtap as well? Thanks > > 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 >

