tc-ife (8) - Linux Manuals
tc-ife: encapsulate/decapsulate metadata
NAME
IFE - encapsulate/decapsulate metadata
SYNOPSIS
tc ... action ife DIRECTION [ ACTION ] [ dst DMAC ] [ src SMAC ] [ type TYPE ] [ CONTROL ] [ index INDEX ]
DIRECTION := {
decode | encode }
ACTION := {
allow ATTR
| use
ATTR value }
ATTR := {
mark | prio | tcindex }
CONTROL := {
reclassify | use | pipe | drop | continue | ok | goto chain CHAIN_INDEX }
DESCRIPTION
The ife action allows for a sending side to encapsulate arbitrary metadata, which is then decapsulated by the receiving end. The sender runs in encoding mode and the receiver in decode mode. Both sender and receiver must specify the same ethertype. In the future, a registered ethertype may be available as a default.OPTIONS
- decode
- For the receiving side; decode the metadata if the packet matches.
- encode
- For the sending side. Encode the specified metadata if the packet matches.
- allow
- Encode direction only. Allows encoding specified metadata.
- use
- Encode direction only. Enforce static encoding of specified metadata.
- mark [
- u32_value ] The value to set for the skb mark. The u32 value is required only when use is specified. If mark value is zero, it will not be encoded, instead "overlimits" statistics increment and CONTROL action is taken.
- prio [
- u32_value ] The value to set for priority in the skb structure. The u32 value is required only when use is specified.
- tcindex [
- u16_value ] Value to set for the traffic control index in the skb structure. The u16 value is required only when use is specified.
- dmac DMAC
- smac SMAC Optional six byte destination or source MAC address to encode.
- type TYPE
- Optional 16-bit ethertype to encode. If not specified value of 0xED3E will be used.
- CONTROL
- Action to take following an encode/decode.
- index INDEX
- Assign a unique ID to this action instead of letting the kernel choose one automatically. INDEX is a 32bit unsigned integer greater than zero.
EXAMPLES
On the receiving side, match packets with ethertype 0xdead and restart classification so that it will match ICMP on the next rule, at prio 3:
-
# tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
# tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: prio 2 protocol 0xdead \
# tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: prio 3 protocol ip \
Match with skb mark of 17:
-
# tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: prio 4 protocol ip \
Configure the sending side to encode for the filters above. Use a destination IP address of 192.168.122.237/24, then tag with skb mark of decimal 17. Encode the packaet with ethertype 0xdead, add skb->mark to whitelist of metadatum to send, and rewrite the destination MAC address to 02:15:15:15:15:15.
-
# tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: prio
# tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 10 u32 \