NAME | SYNOPSIS | MATCHES | CAVEATS | EXAMPLE & USAGE | AUTHOR | COLOPHON

ematch(8)                           Linux                          ematch(8)

NAME         top

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

SYNOPSIS         top

       tc filter add .. basic match EXPR .. flowid ..
       EXPR := TERM [ { and | or } EXPR ]
       TERM := [ not ] { MATCH | '(' EXPR ')' }
       MATCH := module '(' ARGS ')'
       ARGS := ARG1 ARG2 ..

MATCHES         top

   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 address, incoming
       interface) syntax.

CAVEATS         top

       The ematch syntax uses '(' and ')' to group expressions. All braces
       need to be escaped properly 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         top

       # 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)'

AUTHOR         top

       The extended match infrastructure was added by Thomas Graf.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the iproute2 (utilities for controlling TCP/IP
       networking and traffic) project.  Information about the project can
       be found at 
       ⟨http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2⟩.
       If you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to
       netdev@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@osdl.org.  This page was obtained
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       ⟨git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git⟩
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iproute2                        6 August 2012                      ematch(8)

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