Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: core: Notify on changes to dev->promiscuity.

[David Miller]

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:57:59 +0300

> On a software switch, when you run tcpdump without '-p', do you incur
> major packet loss? No. Will this happen when you punt several Tbps to
> your CPU on the hardware switch? Yes.
> 
> Extending the definition of promiscuous mode to mean punt all traffic to
> the CPU is wrong, IMO. You will not be able to capture all the packets

This is so illogical, it is mind boggling.

How different is this to using tcpdump/wireshark on a 100GB or 1TB
network interface?

There is no difference.

Please stop portraying switches as special in this regard, they are
not.