> On 22 Jan 2026, at 9:41 PM, Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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?

Sure. I will rebase once 26.03 branch is created.

> 
> Thanks,
> Dumitru
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>> 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(-)


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