re a Linux kernel version ≥ 5.7.</div></aside></div><p>With Merbridge, the packet datapath can be shortened directly from one socket to another destination socket, and here&rsquo;s how it works.</p><h2 id=using-ebpf-sockops-for-performance-optimization>Using eBPF <code>sockops</code> for performance optimization</h2><p>Network connection is essentially socket communication. eBPF provides a function <code>bpf_msg_redirect_hash</code>, to directly forward the packets sent by the application in the inbound s