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    "date": "2026-05-05T14:49:22",
    "name": "[nf-next,0/4] Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable SW acceleration",
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        "From": "Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH nf-next 0/4] Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable SW acceleration",
        "Date": "Tue, 05 May 2026 16:49:22 +0200",
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        "To": "Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,\n \"David S. Miller\" <davem@davemloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,\n Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,\n Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,\n AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>,\n Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,\n Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,\n Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,\n Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>",
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    "content": "Similar to IPIP and IP6I6 tunnels, introduce sw acceleration for IPv4 over\nIPv6 tunnels in the netfilter flowtable infrastructure.\n\n---\nLorenzo Bianconi (4):\n      net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx\n      net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel\n      net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration\n      selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest\n\n drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c           |  14 ++-\n drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c    |  13 ++-\n include/linux/netdevice.h                          |   5 +-\n include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h              |   1 +\n net/core/dev.c                                     |   6 +-\n net/ipv4/ipip.c                                    |   1 +\n net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c                              |   6 +-\n net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c                 |  14 ++-\n net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c                   | 129 ++++++++++++++++-----\n net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c                 |  16 +--\n .../selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh       |  26 +++++\n 11 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)\n---\nbase-commit: c1e5127b577c6b88fa48e532616932ae978528d5\nchange-id: 20260505-b4-flowtable-sw-accel-ip6ip-7101034cd147\n\nBest regards,"
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