Offloading Network Traffic Classification to Hardware

Explore the intricacies of offloading network traffic classification to hardware in this informative conference talk. Delve into the concept of packet classification in networking, including analyzing header content and performing various actions such as dropping packets, steering to dedicated receive rings, redirecting, and throttling traffic flows. Learn about different userspace interfaces like tc and ethtool for hardware offloading, and examine various use-cases for classification along with the current state of hardware offload. Gain insights into the hardware implementation of offloading, focusing on the mvpp2 driver as an example. Discover the future of hardware offloading classification, including recent developments in bringing hardware offloading to netfilter and BPF.