On 1/20/26 5:37 AM, Naveen Yerramneni wrote: > This patch series adds vtap mode support for Network Functions in OVN. > Unlike the existing inline mode where traffic is redirected through the > network function, vtap mode mirrors (clones) the traffic matching the ACL > to the network function while allowing the original packet to continue to > its destination unmodified. > > Key Differences from Inline Mode: > --------------------------------- > - Traffic is mirrored, not redirected > - Only inport is required (no outport needed) > - Original traffic flow is unaffected > - NF health is determined by port binding status (no health check > probes) > - Fallback behaviour is always fail-open for VATP NFs > > Naveen Yerramneni (4): > ovn-nb: Network Function vtap mode schema and doc changes > ovn-nbctl: Network Function vtap mode commands > controller: Network Function vtap mode physical flow changes > northd, tests: Network Function vtap mode logical flow changes >
Hi Naveen, CC: all maintainers explicitly As discussed on the other patch [0], let's defer this series for until after the 26.03 branching and consider it for the 26.09 cycle. I'm going to mark it as "deferred" in patchwork. Would you mind rebasing and reposting after the 26.03 branch is created, scheduled for February 20th? Thanks, Dumitru [0] https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2026-January/429678.html > NEWS | 4 + > controller/physical.c | 35 +++- > northd/northd.c | 402 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > ovn-nb.ovsschema | 9 +- > ovn-nb.xml | 50 ++++-- > tests/ovn-nbctl.at | 16 ++ > tests/ovn-northd.at | 181 ++++++++++++++++++- > tests/ovn.at | 372 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > tests/system-ovn.at | 265 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > utilities/ovn-nbctl.c | 20 ++- > 10 files changed, 1264 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-) > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
