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[iproute2,net,4/8] tc/pedit: p_ip: introduce editing ttl header

Message ID 20170423125356.1298-5-amir@vadai.me
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Amir Vadai April 23, 2017, 12:53 p.m. UTC 
Enable user to edit IP header ttl field.

For example, to forward any TCP packet and decrease its TTL by one:
$ tc filter add dev enp0s9 protocol ip parent ffff: \
    flower \
      ip_proto tcp \
    action pedit ex munge \
      ip ttl add 0xff pipe \
    action mirred egress \
      redirect dev veth0

Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amir@vadai.me>
---
 man/man8/tc-pedit.8 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 tc/p_ip.c           |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/man8/tc-pedit.8 b/man/man8/tc-pedit.8
index 6bba741956f1..c98d95cb0021 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-pedit.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-pedit.8
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@  pedit - generic packet editor action
 .ti -8
 .IR EXTENDED_LAYERED_OP " := { "
 .BI ip " IPHDR_FIELD"
+|
+.BI ip " EX_IPHDR_FIELD"
 .RI } " CMD_SPEC"
 
 .ti -8
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@  pedit - generic packet editor action
 .BR dport " | " sport " | " icmp_type " | " icmp_code " }"
 
 .ti -8
+.IR EX_IPHDR_FIELD " := { "
+.BR ttl " }"
+
+.ti -8
 .IR CMD_SPEC " := {"
 .BR clear " | " invert " | " set
 .IR VAL " | "
@@ -161,6 +167,17 @@  If it is not or the latter is bigger than the minimum of 20 bytes, this will do
 unexpected things. These fields are eight-bit values.
 .RE
 .TP
+.BI ip " EX_IPHDR_FIELD"
+Supported only when
+.I ex
+is used. The supported keywords for
+.I EX_IPHDR_FIELD
+are:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B ttl
+.RE
+.TP
 .B clear
 Clear the addressed data (i.e., set it to zero).
 .TP
diff --git a/tc/p_ip.c b/tc/p_ip.c
index e56eb39317ba..22fe6505e427 100644
--- a/tc/p_ip.c
+++ b/tc/p_ip.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@  parse_ip(int *argc_p, char ***argv_p,
 		res = parse_cmd(&argc, &argv, 1, TU32, 0x0f, sel, tkey);
 		goto done;
 	}
+	if (strcmp(*argv, "ttl") == 0) {
+		NEXT_ARG();
+		tkey->off = 8;
+		res = parse_cmd(&argc, &argv, 1, TU32, RU8, sel, tkey);
+		goto done;
+	}
 	if (strcmp(*argv, "protocol") == 0) {
 		NEXT_ARG();
 		tkey->off = 9;