netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC, iproute2] tc/mirred: Extend the mirred/redirect action to accept additional traffic class parameter

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:58:36 -0700
From:   "Nambiar, Amritha" <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>
To:     Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        kiran.patil@...el.com,
        "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        mitch.a.williams@...el.com,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        neerav.parikh@...el.com, carolyn.wyborny@...el.com,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC, iproute2] tc/mirred: Extend the mirred/redirect
 action to accept additional traffic class parameter

On 8/2/2017 11:41 AM, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Amritha Nambiar
> <amritha.nambiar@...el.com> wrote:
>> The Mirred/redirect action is extended to accept a traffic
>> class on the device in addition to the device's ifindex.
>>
>> Usage: mirred <DIRECTION> <ACTION> <dev DEVICENAME> <tc TC_INDEX>
>>
>> Example:
>> # tc qdisc add dev eth0 ingress
>>
>> # tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent ffff: prio 1 flower\
>>   dst_ip 192.168.1.1/32 ip_proto udp dst_port 22\
>>   indev eth0 action mirred ingress redirect dev eth0 tc 1
> 
> 
> Can we call the new parameter tclass or something else ?.
> with this 'tc' appears twice in the command :)
> 

Sounds right. I was already thinking of alternatives like 'tcqgroup',
'qgroup' and now we have 'tclass'.