[Edited Message Follows] Hello all, Thank you for your inputs.
Let me elaborate my use case. I currently have DPDK router pipeline where DPDK-APP-A controls intel NICs through DPDK drivers. DPDK-APP-A is also responsible for routing between multiple physical interfaces(NICs). DPDK-APP-B is a packet inspection application which does not have(need) control over NICs and hence receives packets from DPDK rte_ring(s). Current working ----> After rx on NICs, DPDK-APP-A sends packets(after processing for defrag, conntrack) to DPDK-APP-B through rte_ring and waits for packets on rte_ring (DPDK-APP-B should send them back after inspection). Once packets are received through rte_ring then DPDK-APP-A sends them out through one of the chosen NICs (according to destination address). This operation is inline i.e. if APP-B wants to drop some packets, it can, so that packets won't traverse further through APP-A. APP-B does not listen/wait on any particular address since it needs to inspect all the traffic. Now I want to replace DPDK-APP-A with VPP(DPDK) and need a mechanism with inline support to send packets to APP-B for inspection. VPP standalone is working perfectly with my NAT, static routing etc requirements. I have explored VPP-plugins a bit but APP-B won't fit as plugin (.so) for some internal reasons. Hence I started looking into memif (shared memory packet interfaces) Hope this clears my requirement.
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