@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ flower \- flow based traffic control filter
.IR ETH_TYPE " } | "
.BR ip_proto " { " tcp " | " udp " | " sctp " | " icmp " | " icmpv6 " | "
.IR IP_PROTO " } | { "
-.BR dst_ip " | " src_ip " } { "
-.IR ipv4_address " | " ipv6_address " } | { "
+.BR dst_ip " | " src_ip " } "
+.IR PREFIX " | { "
.BR dst_port " | " src_port " } "
.IR port_number " } | "
.B enc_key_id
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ may be
.BR tcp ", " udp ", " sctp ", " icmp ", " icmpv6
or an unsigned 8bit value in hexadecimal format.
.TP
-.BI dst_ip " ADDRESS"
+.BI dst_ip " PREFIX"
.TQ
-.BI src_ip " ADDRESS"
+.BI src_ip " PREFIX"
Match on source or destination IP address.
-.I ADDRESS
-must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, depending on
-.BR protocol
-option of tc filter.
+.I PREFIX
+must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, depending on the \fBprotocol\fR
+option to tc filter, optionally followed by a slash and the prefix length.
+If the prefix is missing, \fBtc\fR assumes a full-length host match.
.TP
.BI dst_port " NUMBER"
.TQ
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@ which have to be specified in beforehand.
.TP
.BI enc_key_id " NUMBER"
.TQ
-.BI enc_dst_ip " ADDRESS"
+.BI enc_dst_ip " PREFIX"
.TQ
-.BI enc_src_ip " ADDRESS"
-.TQ
-.BI enc_dst_port " NUMBER"
+.BI enc_src_ip " PREFIX"
Match on IP tunnel metadata. Key id
.I NUMBER
is a 32 bit tunnel key id (e.g. VNI for VXLAN tunnel).
-.I ADDRESS
-must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. Dst port
+.I PREFIX
+must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address optionally followed by a slash and the
+prefix length. If the prefix is missing, \fBtc\fR assumes a full-length
+host match. Dst port
.I NUMBER
is a 16 bit UDP dst port.
.SH NOTES
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ static void explain(void)
" dst_mac MAC-ADDR |\n"
" src_mac MAC-ADDR |\n"
" ip_proto [tcp | udp | sctp | icmp | icmpv6 | IP-PROTO ] |\n"
- " dst_ip [ IPV4-ADDR | IPV6-ADDR ] |\n"
- " src_ip [ IPV4-ADDR | IPV6-ADDR ] |\n"
+ " dst_ip PREFIX |\n"
+ " src_ip PREFIX |\n"
" dst_port PORT-NUMBER |\n"
" src_port PORT-NUMBER |\n"
" type ICMP-TYPE |\n"
" code ICMP-CODE }\n"
- " enc_dst_ip [ IPV4-ADDR | IPV6-ADDR ] |\n"
- " enc_src_ip [ IPV4-ADDR | IPV6-ADDR ] |\n"
+ " enc_dst_ip PREFIX |\n"
+ " enc_src_ip PREFIX |\n"
" enc_key_id [ KEY-ID ] }\n"
" FILTERID := X:Y:Z\n"
" ACTION-SPEC := ... look at individual actions\n"
* The argument to src_ip, dst_ip, enc_src_ip and enc_dst_ip take an optional prefix length which is used to provide a mask to limit the scope of matching. * This is documented as a PREFIX in keeping with ip-route(8). Example of uses of IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes tc qdisc add dev eth0 ingress tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent ffff: flower \ indev eth0 dst_ip 192.168.1.1 action drop tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent ffff: flower \ indev eth0 src_ip 10.0.0.0/8 action drop tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ipv6 parent ffff: flower \ indev eth0 src_ip 2001:DB8:1::/48 action drop tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ipv6 parent ffff: flower \ indev eth0 dst_ip 2001:DB8::1 action drop Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com> --- man/man8/tc-flower.8 | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- tc/f_flower.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)