VLAN manipulation action in tc(8) Linux VLAN manipulation action in tc(8)
NAME
vlan - vlan manipulation module
SYNOPSIS
tc ... action vlan { pop | pop_eth | PUSH | MODIFY | PUSH_ETH } [ CON-
TROL ]
PUSH := push [ protocol VLANPROTO ] [ priority VLANPRIO ] id VLANID
MODIFY := modify [ protocol VLANPROTO ] [ priority VLANPRIO ] id VLANID
PUSH_ETH := push_eth dst_mac LLADDR src_mac LLADDR
CONTROL := { reclassify | pipe | drop | continue | pass | goto chain
CHAIN_INDEX }
DESCRIPTION
The vlan action allows one to perform 802.1Q en- or decapsulation on a
packet, reflected by the operation modes POP, PUSH and MODIFY. The POP
mode is simple, as no further information is required to just drop the
outer-most VLAN encapsulation. The PUSH and MODIFY modes require at
least a VLANID and allow one to optionally choose the VLANPROTO to use.
The vlan action can also be used to add or remove the base Ethernet
header. The pop_eth mode, which takes no argument, is used to remove the
base Ethernet header. All existing VLANs must have been previously
dropped. The opposite operation, adding a base Ethernet header, is done
with the push_eth mode. In that case, the packet must have no MAC header
(stacking MAC headers is not permitted). This mode is mostly useful when
a previous action has encapsulated the whole original frame behind a
network header and one needs to prepend an Ethernet header before for-
warding the resulting packet.
OPTIONS
pop Decapsulation mode, no further arguments allowed.
push Encapsulation mode. Requires at least id option.
modify Replace mode. Existing 802.1Q tag is replaced. Requires at least
id option.
pop_eth
Ethernet header decapsulation mode. Only works on a plain Ether-
net header: VLANs, if any, must be removed first.
push_eth
Ethernet header encapsulation mode. The Ethertype is automati-
cally set using the network header type. Chaining Ethernet head-
ers is not allowed: the packet must have no MAC header when using
this mode. Requires the dst_mac and src_mac options.
id VLANID
Specify the VLAN ID to encapsulate into. VLANID is an unsigned
16bit integer, the format is detected automatically (e.g. prefix
with '0x' for hexadecimal interpretation, etc.).
protocol VLANPROTO
Choose the VLAN protocol to use. At the time of writing, the ker-
nel accepts only 802.1Q or 802.1ad.
priority VLANPRIO
Choose the VLAN priority to use. Decimal number in range of 0-7.
dst_mac LLADDR
Choose the destination MAC address to use.
src_mac LLADDR
Choose the source MAC address to use.
CONTROL
How to continue after executing this action.
reclassify
Restarts classification by jumping back to the first fil-
ter attached to this action's parent.
pipe Continue with the next action, this is the default.
drop Packet will be dropped without running further actions.
continue
Continue classification with next filter in line.
pass Return to calling qdisc for packet processing. This ends
the classification process.
EXAMPLES
The following example encapsulates incoming ICMP packets on eth0 from
10.0.0.2 into VLAN ID 123:
#tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
#tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: pref 11 protocol ip \
u32 match ip protocol 1 0xff flowid 1:1 \
match ip src 10.0.0.2 flowid 1:1 \
action vlan push id 123
Here is an example of the pop function: Incoming VLAN packets on eth0
are decapsulated and the classification process then restarted for the
plain packet:
#tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
#tc filter add dev $ETH parent ffff: pref 1 protocol 802.1Q \
u32 match u32 0 0 flowid 1:1 \
action vlan pop reclassify
For an example of the pop_eth and push_eth modes, see tc-mpls(8).
SEE ALSO
tc(8), tc-mpls(8)
iproute2 12 Jan 2015 VLAN manipulation action in tc(8)
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