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Hardware flow offloading allows a network device to bypass the main CPU for processing established network connections. Instead, it delegates these tasks to the network interface's hardware (e.g., a Switch Chip or Network Acceleration Engine), significantly reducing CPU overhead and increasing throughput. kmod-nft-offload
: The flow may be hitting a non-offloadable rule (like log , queue , or nat ). Fix : Move NAT to a separate chain without offload flag. Keep offload chains purely for accept/drop with basic matches. Let's build a practical example
: Hardware offloading can occasionally introduce bugs, such as throughput degradation over time or issues with specific protocols that require deep packet inspection. Installation kmod-nft-offload