LWN: Comments on "The BPF-programmable network device" https://lwn.net/Articles/949960/ This is a special feed containing comments posted to the individual LWN article titled "The BPF-programmable network device". en-us Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:27:19 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:27:19 +0000 https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification lwn@lwn.net The BPF-programmable network device https://lwn.net/Articles/965600/ https://lwn.net/Articles/965600/ majek <div class="FormattedComment"> Do I understand it right, that the netkit device is for TX from the guest towards a physical NIC? The article doesn't mention the RX path from physical NIC.<br> </div> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:38:20 +0000 The BPF-programmable network device https://lwn.net/Articles/952610/ https://lwn.net/Articles/952610/ gdamjan <div class="FormattedComment"> Is it creating a pair of network interfaces, or it's just a special host / or guest interface type?<br> <p> <span class="QuotedText">&gt; Since netkit BPF programs can affect traffic routing on the host side, only the host is allowed to load these programs for either the host or the guest.</span><br> <p> what stops the guest from gaming/exploiting this?<br> </div> Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:16:08 +0000