Original author(s) | Brenden Blanco, Tom Herbert |
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Developer(s) | Open source community, Google, Amazon, Intel, Microsoft[1] |
Initial release | 2016 |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux, Windows |
Type | Packet filtering |
License | Linux: GPL Windows: MIT License |
XDP (eXpress Data Path) is an eBPF-based high-performance data path used to send and receive network packets at high rates by bypassing most of the operating system networking stack. It is merged in the Linux kernel since version 4.8.[2] This implementation is licensed under GPL. Large technology firms including Amazon, Google and Intel support its development. Microsoft released their free and open source implementation XDP for Windows in May 2022.[1] It is licensed under MIT License.[3]