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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 07:58:26 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] vhost: add ingress API for port mirroring datapath
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:49:19 +0000
Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com> wrote:

> From: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> 
> Similar to the port mirroring function on the switch or router, this
> patch also implements an ingress function on the Vhost lib. When
> data is sent to a front-end, it will also send the data to its mirror
> front-end.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>

We already have rte_flow, packet capture, and rx/tx callbacks.
This seems like re-invention.