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Family rt-route netlink specification¶

Contents

  • Family rt-route netlink specification

    • Summary

    • Operations

      • getroute

      • newroute

      • delroute

    • Definitions

      • rtm-type

      • rtmsg

      • rta-cacheinfo

    • Attribute sets

      • route-attrs

      • metrics

Summary¶

Route configuration over rtnetlink.

Operations¶

getroute¶

Dump route information.

attribute-set:

route-attrs

fixed-header:

rtmsg

do:
request
attributes:

[rtm-family, src, rtm-src-len, dst, rtm-dst-len, iif, oif, ip-proto, sport, dport, mark, uid, flowlabel]

reply
attributes:

[rtm-family, rtm-dst-len, rtm-src-len, rtm-tos, rtm-table, rtm-protocol, rtm-scope, rtm-type, rtm-flags, dst, src, iif, oif, gateway, priority, prefsrc, metrics, multipath, flow, cacheinfo, table, mark, mfc-stats, via, newdst, pref, encap-type, encap, expires, pad, uid, ttl-propagate, ip-proto, sport, dport, nh-id, flowlabel]

dump:
request
attributes:

[rtm-family]

reply
attributes:

[rtm-family, rtm-dst-len, rtm-src-len, rtm-tos, rtm-table, rtm-protocol, rtm-scope, rtm-type, rtm-flags, dst, src, iif, oif, gateway, priority, prefsrc, metrics, multipath, flow, cacheinfo, table, mark, mfc-stats, via, newdst, pref, encap-type, encap, expires, pad, uid, ttl-propagate, ip-proto, sport, dport, nh-id, flowlabel]

newroute¶

Create a new route

attribute-set:

route-attrs

fixed-header:

rtmsg

do:
request
attributes:

[rtm-family, rtm-dst-len, rtm-src-len, rtm-tos, rtm-table, rtm-protocol, rtm-scope, rtm-type, rtm-flags, dst, src, iif, oif, gateway, priority, prefsrc, metrics, multipath, flow, cacheinfo, table, mark, mfc-stats, via, newdst, pref, encap-type, encap, expires, pad, uid, ttl-propagate, ip-proto, sport, dport, nh-id, flowlabel]

delroute¶

Delete an existing route

attribute-set:

route-attrs

fixed-header:

rtmsg

do:
request
attributes:

[rtm-family, rtm-dst-len, rtm-src-len, rtm-tos, rtm-table, rtm-protocol, rtm-scope, rtm-type, rtm-flags, dst, src, iif, oif, gateway, priority, prefsrc, metrics, multipath, flow, cacheinfo, table, mark, mfc-stats, via, newdst, pref, encap-type, encap, expires, pad, uid, ttl-propagate, ip-proto, sport, dport, nh-id, flowlabel]

Definitions¶

rtm-type¶

name-prefix:

rtn-

type:

enum

entries:
  • unspec

  • unicast

  • local

  • broadcast

  • anycast

  • multicast

  • blackhole

  • unreachable

  • prohibit

  • throw

  • nat

  • xresolve

rtmsg¶

type:

struct

members:
rtm-family (u8):

rtm-dst-len (u8):

rtm-src-len (u8):

rtm-tos (u8):

rtm-table (u8):

rtm-protocol (u8):

rtm-scope (u8):

rtm-type (u8):

rtm-flags (u32):

rta-cacheinfo¶

type:

struct

members:
rta-clntref (u32):

rta-lastuse (u32):

rta-expires (u32):

rta-error (u32):

rta-used (u32):

Attribute sets¶

route-attrs¶

dst (binary)¶

display-hint:

ipv4

src (binary)¶

display-hint:

ipv4

iif (u32)¶

oif (u32)¶

gateway (binary)¶

display-hint:

ipv4

priority (u32)¶

prefsrc (binary)¶

display-hint:

ipv4

metrics (nest)¶

nested-attributes:

metrics

multipath (binary)¶

protoinfo (binary)¶

flow (u32)¶

cacheinfo (binary)¶

struct:

rta-cacheinfo

session (binary)¶

mp-algo (binary)¶

table (u32)¶

mark (u32)¶

mfc-stats (binary)¶

via (binary)¶

newdst (binary)¶

pref (u8)¶

encap-type (u16)¶

encap (binary)¶

expires (u32)¶

pad (binary)¶

uid (u32)¶

ttl-propagate (u8)¶

ip-proto (u8)¶

sport (u16)¶

dport (u16)¶

nh-id (u32)¶

flowlabel (u32)¶

byte-order:

big-endian

display-hint:

hex

metrics¶

unspec (unused)¶

value:

0

lock (u32)¶

mtu (u32)¶

window (u32)¶

rtt (u32)¶

rttvar (u32)¶

ssthresh (u32)¶

cwnd (u32)¶

advmss (u32)¶

reordering (u32)¶

hoplimit (u32)¶

initcwnd (u32)¶

features (u32)¶

rto-min (u32)¶

initrwnd (u32)¶

quickack (u32)¶

cc-algo (string)¶

fastopen-no-cookie (u32)¶

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