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NAME

       flower - flow based traffic control filter

SYNOPSIS

       tc  filter  ...  flower  [ MATCH_LIST ] [ action ACTION_SPEC ] [ classid CLASSID ] [ hw_tc
               TCID ]

       MATCH_LIST := [ MATCH_LIST ] MATCH

       MATCH := { indev ifname | skip_sw | skip_hw  | {  dst_mac  |  src_mac  }  MASKED_LLADDR  |
               vlan_id  VID  |  vlan_prio  PRIORITY  |  vlan_ethtype { ipv4 | ipv6 | ETH_TYPE } |
               mpls_label LABEL | mpls_tc TC | mpls_bos BOS | mpls_ttl TTL | ip_proto { tcp | udp
               |  sctp | icmp | icmpv6 | IP_PROTO } | ip_tos MASKED_IP_TOS | ip_ttl MASKED_IP_TTL
               | { dst_ip | src_ip } PREFIX | { dst_port | src_port } port_number }  |  tcp_flags
               MASKED_TCP_FLAGS  |  type  MASKED_TYPE  | code MASKED_CODE | { arp_tip | arp_sip }
               IPV4_PREFIX | arp_op  {  request  |  reply  |  OP  }  |  {  arp_tha  |  arp_sha  }
               MASKED_LLADDR  |  enc_key_id KEY-ID | { enc_dst_ip | enc_src_ip } { ipv4_address |
               ipv6_address } | enc_dst_port port_number | ip_flags IP_FLAGS

DESCRIPTION

       The flower filter matches flows to the set of keys specified and  assigns  an  arbitrarily
       chosen  class  ID  to packets belonging to them. Additionally (or alternatively) an action
       from the generic action framework may be called.

OPTIONS

       action ACTION_SPEC
              Apply an action from the generic actions framework on matching packets.

       classid CLASSID
              Specify a class to pass matching packets on to.  CLASSID is in the form X:Y,  while
              X and Y are interpreted as numbers in hexadecimal format.

       hw_tc TCID
              Specify  a  hardware  traffic  class to pass matching packets on to. TCID is in the
              range 0 through 15.

       indev ifname
              Match on incoming interface name. Obviously this makes  sense  only  for  forwarded
              flows.   ifname  is  the  name  of  an interface which must exist at the time of tc
              invocation.

       skip_sw
              Do not process filter by software. If hardware has  no  offload  support  for  this
              filter, or TC offload is not enabled for the interface, operation will fail.

       skip_hw
              Do not process filter by hardware.

       dst_mac MASKED_LLADDR
       src_mac MASKED_LLADDR
              Match  on  source or destination MAC address.  A mask may be optionally provided to
              limit the bits of the address which are matched. A mask is  provided  by  following
              the address with a slash and then the mask. It may be provided in LLADDR format, in
              which case it is a bitwise mask, or as a number of high bits to match. If the  mask
              is missing then a match on all bits is assumed.

       vlan_id VID
              Match on vlan tag id.  VID is an unsigned 12bit value in decimal format.

       vlan_prio PRIORITY
              Match on vlan tag priority.  PRIORITY is an unsigned 3bit value in decimal format.

       vlan_ethtype VLAN_ETH_TYPE
              Match  on  layer  three  protocol.   VLAN_ETH_TYPE  may  be either ipv4, ipv6 or an
              unsigned 16bit value in hexadecimal format.

       mpls_label LABEL
              Match the label id in the outermost MPLS label stack entry.  LABEL is  an  unsigned
              20 bit value in decimal format.

       mpls_tc TC
              Match  on  the  MPLS  TC field, which is typically used for packet priority, in the
              outermost MPLS label stack entry.  TC is an unsigned 3 bit value in decimal format.

       mpls_bos BOS
              Match on the MPLS Bottom Of Stack field in the outermost MPLS  label  stack  entry.
              BOS is a 1 bit value in decimal format.

       mpls_ttl TTL
              Match  on the MPLS Time To Live field in the outermost MPLS label stack entry.  TTL
              is an unsigned 8 bit value in decimal format.

       ip_proto IP_PROTO
              Match on layer four protocol.  IP_PROTO may be tcp, udp, sctp, icmp, icmpv6  or  an
              unsigned 8bit value in hexadecimal format.

       ip_tos MASKED_IP_TOS
              Match on ipv4 TOS or ipv6 traffic-class - eight bits in hexadecimal format.  A mask
              may be optionally provided to limit the bits which are matched. A mask is  provided
              by  following the value with a slash and then the mask. If the mask is missing then
              a match on all bits is assumed.

       ip_ttl MASKED_IP_TTL
              Match on ipv4 TTL or ipv6 hop-limit  - eight bits value in decimal  or  hexadecimal
              format.   A  mask  may  be optionally provided to limit the bits which are matched.
              Same logic is used for the mask as with matching on ip_tos.

       dst_ip PREFIX
       src_ip PREFIX
              Match on source or destination IP address.  PREFIX must be a  valid  IPv4  or  IPv6
              address,  depending  on  the protocol option to tc filter, optionally followed by a
              slash and the prefix length.  If the prefix is missing, tc  assumes  a  full-length
              host match.

       dst_port NUMBER
       src_port NUMBER
              Match  on  layer  4  protocol source or destination port number. Only available for
              ip_proto values udp, tcp and sctp which have to be specified in beforehand.

       tcp_flags MASKED_TCP_FLAGS
              Match on TCP flags represented as 12bit bitfield in in hexadecimal format.  A  mask
              may  be optionally provided to limit the bits which are matched. A mask is provided
              by following the value with a slash and then the mask. If the mask is missing  then
              a match on all bits is assumed.

       type MASKED_TYPE
       code MASKED_CODE
              Match  on ICMP type or code. A mask may be optionally provided to limit the bits of
              the address which are matched. A mask is provided by following the address  with  a
              slash  and  then  the mask. The mask must be as a number which represents a bitwise
              mask If the mask is missing then a match on all bits is  assumed.   Only  available
              for ip_proto values icmp and icmpv6 which have to be specified in beforehand.

       arp_tip IPV4_PREFIX
       arp_sip IPV4_PREFIX
              Match on ARP or RARP sender or target IP address.  IPV4_PREFIX must be a valid IPv4
              address optionally followed by a slash and the prefix  length.  If  the  prefix  is
              missing, tc assumes a full-length host match.

       arp_op ARP_OP
              Match  on  ARP or RARP operation.  ARP_OP may be request, reply or an integer value
              0, 1 or 2.  A mask may be optionally provided to limit the bits  of  the  operation
              which  are  matched.  A  mask is provided by following the address with a slash and
              then the mask. It may be provided as an unsigned 8 bit value representing a bitwise
              mask. If the mask is missing then a match on all bits is assumed.

       arp_sha MASKED_LLADDR
       arp_tha MASKED_LLADDR
              Match  on  ARP  or  RARP  sender  or  target MAC address.  A mask may be optionally
              provided to limit the bits of the address which are matched. A mask is provided  by
              following  the address with a slash and then the mask. It may be provided in LLADDR
              format, in which case it is a bitwise mask, or as a number of high bits  to  match.
              If the mask is missing then a match on all bits is assumed.

       enc_key_id NUMBER
       enc_dst_ip PREFIX
       enc_src_ip PREFIX
       enc_dst_port NUMBER
              Match  on IP tunnel metadata. Key id NUMBER is a 32 bit tunnel key id (e.g. VNI for
              VXLAN tunnel).  PREFIX must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address optionally followed  by
              a  slash  and the prefix length. If the prefix is missing, tc assumes a full-length
              host match.  Dst port NUMBER is a 16 bit UDP dst port.

       ip_flags IP_FLAGS
              IP_FLAGS may be either frag or  nofrag  to  match  on  fragmented  packets  or  not
              respectively.

NOTES

       As  stated  above  where  applicable,  matches of a certain layer implicitly depend on the
       matches of the next lower layer. Precisely, layer one and two matches (indev,  dst_mac and
       src_mac)  have no dependency, MPLS and layer three matches (mpls_label, mpls_tc, mpls_bos,
       mpls_ttl, ip_proto,  dst_ip,  src_ip,  arp_tip,  arp_sip,  arp_op,  arp_tha,  arp_sha  and
       ip_flags)  depend  on  the protocol option of tc filter, layer four port matches (dst_port
       and src_port) depend on ip_proto being set to tcp, udp or sctp, and finally  ICMP  matches
       (code and type) depend on ip_proto being set to icmp or icmpv6.

       There  can be only used one mask per one prio. If user needs to specify different mask, he
       has to use different prio.

SEE ALSO

       tc(8), tc-flow(8)