XDP − eXpress Data Path, Intro and future use-cases
Linux Kernel's fight against DPDK. Future plans (as of this writing) for XDP and comparison with DPDK.
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XDP – eXpress Data Path, Used for DDoS protection people.netfilter.org
Details and use cases about XDP, with benchmark results, and code snippets for benchmarking as well as for basic DDoS protection with eBPF/XDP (based on an IP blacklisting scheme).
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The eXpress Data Path blogs.igalia.com
A very accessible introduction to XDP, providing sample code to show how to process packets.
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Network Performance Workshop netdevconf.org
Additional hints about XDP internals and expected evolution.
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The eXpress Data Path: Fast Programmable Packet Processing in the Operating System Kernel github.com
, by Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, Jesper Dangaard Brouer, Daniel Borkmann, John Fastabend, Tom Herbert, David Ahern and David Miller, all being essential eBPF and XDP contributors.
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