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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -0700 |
commit | c309b6f24222246c18a8b65d3950e6e755440865 (patch) | |
tree | 11893170f5c246bb0dee8066e85878af04162ab0 /Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/net_cls.rst | |
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Merge tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull rst conversion of docs from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
"As agreed with Jon, I'm sending this big series directly to you, c/c
him, as this series required a special care, in order to avoid
conflicts with other trees"
* tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (77 commits)
docs: kbuild: fix build with pdf and fix some minor issues
docs: block: fix pdf output
docs: arm: fix a breakage with pdf output
docs: don't use nested tables
docs: gpio: add sysfs interface to the admin-guide
docs: locking: add it to the main index
docs: add some directories to the main documentation index
docs: add SPDX tags to new index files
docs: add a memory-devices subdir to driver-api
docs: phy: place documentation under driver-api
docs: serial: move it to the driver-api
docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it
docs: driver-api: add xilinx driver API documentation
docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: admin-guide: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: cgroup-v1: add it to the admin-guide book
docs: aoe: add it to the driver-api book
docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book
docs: driver-model: move it to the driver-api book
docs: lp855x-driver.rst: add it to the driver-api book
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/net_cls.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/net_cls.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a2cf272af7a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/net_cls.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +========================= +Network classifier cgroup +========================= + +The Network classifier cgroup provides an interface to +tag network packets with a class identifier (classid). + +The Traffic Controller (tc) can be used to assign +different priorities to packets from different cgroups. +Also, Netfilter (iptables) can use this tag to perform +actions on such packets. + +Creating a net_cls cgroups instance creates a net_cls.classid file. +This net_cls.classid value is initialized to 0. + +You can write hexadecimal values to net_cls.classid; the format for these +values is 0xAAAABBBB; AAAA is the major handle number and BBBB +is the minor handle number. +Reading net_cls.classid yields a decimal result. + +Example:: + + mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls + mount -t cgroup -onet_cls net_cls /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls + mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0 + echo 0x100001 > /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0/net_cls.classid + +- setting a 10:1 handle:: + + cat /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0/net_cls.classid + 1048577 + +- configuring tc:: + + tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 10: htb + tc class add dev eth0 parent 10: classid 10:1 htb rate 40mbit + +- creating traffic class 10:1:: + + tc filter add dev eth0 parent 10: protocol ip prio 10 handle 1: cgroup + +configuring iptables, basic example:: + + iptables -A OUTPUT -m cgroup ! --cgroup 0x100001 -j DROP |