man > tc-ematch(8)

ematch(8)                                       Linux                                      ematch(8)

NAME
       ematch - extended matches for use with "basic", "cgroup"  or "flow" filters

SYNOPSIS
       tc filter add .. basic match EXPR .. flowid ..


       EXPR := TERM [ { and | or } EXPR ]

       TERM := [ not ] { MATCH | '(' EXPR ')' }

       MATCH := module '(' ARGS ')'

       ARGS := ARG1 ARG2 ..


MATCHES
   cmp
       Simple comparison ematch: arithmetic compare of packet data to a given value.

       cmp( ALIGN at OFFSET [ ATTRS ] { eq | lt | gt } VALUE )

       ALIGN := { u8 | u16 | u32 }

       ATTRS := [ layer LAYER ] [ mask MASK ] [ trans ]

       LAYER := { link | network | transport | 0..2 }


   meta
       Metadata ematch

       meta( OBJECT { eq | lt |gt } OBJECT )

       OBJECT := { META_ID |  VALUE }

       META_ID := id [ shift SHIFT ] [ mask MASK ]


       meta attributes:

              random 32 bit random value

              loadavg_1 Load average in last 5 minutes

              nf_mark Netfilter mark

              vlan Vlan tag

              sk_rcvbuf Receive buffer size

              sk_snd_queue Send queue length


       A full list of meta attributes can be obtained via

       # tc filter add dev eth1 basic match 'meta(list)'


   nbyte
       match packet data byte sequence

       nbyte( NEEDLE at OFFSET [ layer LAYER ] )

       NEEDLE := { string | c-escape-sequence  }

       OFFSET := int

       LAYER := { link | network | transport | 0..2 }


   u32
       u32 ematch

       u32( ALIGN VALUE MASK at [ nexthdr+ ] OFFSET )

       ALIGN := { u8 | u16 | u32 }


   ipset
       test packet against ipset membership

       ipset( SETNAME FLAGS )

       SETNAME := string

       FLAGS := { FLAG [, FLAGS] }

       The flag options are the same as those used by the iptables "set" match.

       When  using  the ipset ematch with the "ip_set_hash:net,iface" set type, the interface can be
       queried using "src,dst (source ip address, outgoing interface) or "src,src"  (source  ip  ad‐
       dress, incoming interface) syntax.


   ipt
       test packet against xtables matches

       ipt( [-6] -m MATCH_NAME FLAGS )

       MATCH_NAME := string

       FLAGS := { FLAG [, FLAGS] }

       The flag options are the same as those used by the xtable match used.


   canid
       ematch rule to match CAN frames

       canid( IDLIST )

       IDLIST :=  IDSPEC[IDLIST]

       IDSPEC := { ’sff’ CANID | ’eff’ CANID }

       CANID := ID[:MASK]

       ID, MASK := hexadecimal number (i.e. 0x123)


CAVEATS
       The  ematch syntax uses '(' and ')' to group expressions. All braces need to be escaped prop‐
       erly to prevent shell commandline from interpreting these directly.

       When using the ipset ematch with the "ifb" device, the outgoing device will be the ifb device
       itself, e.g. "ifb0".  The original interface (i.e. the  device  the  packet  arrived  on)  is
       treated as the incoming interface.


EXAMPLE & USAGE
       # tc filter add .. basic match ...

       # 'cmp(u16 at 3 layer 2 mask 0xff00 gt 20)'

       # 'meta(nfmark gt 24)' and 'meta(tcindex mask 0xf0 eq 0xf0)'

       # 'nbyte("ababa" at 12 layer 1)'

       # 'u32(u16 0x1122 0xffff at nexthdr+4)'

       Check if packet source ip address is member of set named bulk:

       # 'ipset(bulk src)'

       Check   if  packet  source  ip  and  the  interface  the  packet  arrived  on  is  member  of
       "hash:net,iface" set named interactive:

       # 'ipset(interactive src,src)'

       Check if packet matches an IPSec state with reqid 1:

       # 'ipt(-m policy --dir in --pol ipsec --reqid 1)'


AUTHOR
       The extended match infrastructure was added by Thomas Graf.

iproute2                                    6 August 2012                                  ematch(8)
tc-ematch(8)
NAME SYNOPSIS MATCHES
cmp meta nbyte u32 ipset ipt canid
CAVEATS AUTHOR

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