LaF0rge,
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Some code related to "PFCP offloading" or "PFCP tunneling" has just appeared in mainline linux. Oddly enougn PFCP is not a tunneling protocol, and the code itself claims its not implementing PFCP. Trying to find out more about it: https://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2024/05/15/95 #linux #3gpp #telecom - if anyone knows more, I am very curious.

pink,
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@LaF0rge
Maybe @kernellogger knows more, or at least who to ask :-)
@Bubu

kernellogger,
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@pink @Bubu

not really, sorry; checking the threads with the patch submissions might uncover answer[1], but I suspect @LaF0rge has done that already.

[1] e.g. most of the threads these search finds https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22Packet+Forwarding+Control+Protocol%22

LaF0rge,
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@kernellogger @pink @Bubu In case any of you are wondering, https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZkZ62F_iCCOf4nmM@nataraja/ is the latest follow-up on it. It really seems like there is a pfcp net-dev/udp_tunnel which doesn't do any tunneling and just exists so PFCP can be offloaded to a NIC. Feels wrong to me, architecturally.

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