Family ovs_flow netlink specification

Summary

OVS flow configuration over generic netlink.

Operations

get

Get / dump OVS flow configuration and state

value:

3

attribute-set:

flow-attrs

do:

request

attributes:

[key, ufid, ufid-flags]

reply

attributes:

[key, ufid, mask, stats, actions]

dump:

request

attributes:

[key, ufid, ufid-flags]

reply

attributes:

[key, ufid, mask, stats, actions]

new

Create OVS flow configuration in a data path

value:

1

attribute-set:

flow-attrs

do:

request

attributes:

[key, ufid, mask, actions]

Multicast groups

• ovs_flow

Definitions

ovs-header

type:

struct

doc:

Header for OVS Generic Netlink messages.

members:

dp-ifindex (u32):

ifindex of local port for datapath (0 to make a request not specific to a datapath).

ovs-flow-stats

type:

struct

members:

n-packets (u64):

Number of matched packets.

n-bytes (u64):

Number of matched bytes.

ovs-key-ethernet

type:

struct

members:

eth-src (binary):

eth-dst (binary):

ovs-key-mpls

type:

struct

members:

mpls-lse (u32):

ovs-key-ipv4

type:

struct

members:

ipv4-src (u32):

ipv4-dst (u32):

ipv4-proto (u8):

ipv4-tos (u8):

ipv4-ttl (u8):

ipv4-frag (u8):

ovs-key-ipv6

type:

struct

members:

ipv6-src (binary):

ipv6-dst (binary):

ipv6-label (u32):

ipv6-proto (u8):

ipv6-tclass (u8):

ipv6-hlimit (u8):

ipv6-frag (u8):

ovs-key-ipv6-exthdrs

type:

struct

members:

hdrs (u16):

ovs-frag-type

name-prefix:

ovs-frag-type-

enum-name:

ovs-frag-type

type:

enum

entries:

none:

Packet is not a fragment.

first:

Packet is a fragment with offset 0.

later:

Packet is a fragment with nonzero offset.

any:

ovs-key-tcp

type:

struct

members:

tcp-src (u16):

tcp-dst (u16):

ovs-key-udp

type:

struct

members:

udp-src (u16):

udp-dst (u16):

ovs-key-sctp

type:

struct

members:

sctp-src (u16):

sctp-dst (u16):

ovs-key-icmp

type:

struct

members:

icmp-type (u8):

icmp-code (u8):

ovs-key-arp

type:

struct

members:

arp-sip (u32):

arp-tip (u32):

arp-op (u16):

arp-sha (binary):

arp-tha (binary):

ovs-key-nd

type:

struct

members:

nd-target (binary):

nd-sll (binary):

nd-tll (binary):

ovs-key-ct-tuple-ipv4

type:

struct

members:

ipv4-src (u32):

ipv4-dst (u32):

src-port (u16):

dst-port (u16):

ipv4-proto (u8):

ovs-action-push-vlan

type:

struct

members:

vlan-tpid (u16):

Tag protocol identifier (TPID) to push.

vlan-tci (u16):

Tag control identifier (TCI) to push.

ovs-ufid-flags

name-prefix:

ovs-ufid-f-

enum-name:

None

type:

flags

entries:

• omit-key

• omit-mask

• omit-actions

ovs-action-hash

type:

struct

members:

hash-alg (u32):

Algorithm used to compute hash prior to recirculation.

hash-basis (u32):

Basis used for computing hash.