Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:24:36 -0700

On 09/20/2012 04:51 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 07:28 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
>>
>> Does this mean traffic on the loopback interface will not traverse
>> netfilter?
>>
>
> Yes this was already mentioned.
>
> Only the SYN / SYNACK messages will
>
> All data will bypass IP stack, qdisc (if any), loopback driver, and
> netfilter.

Does that then lift the tent flap for TOE?  As I recall, TOE's bypassing 
of all those things is one of the reasons used to reject TOE.

rick jones