4. Generic flow API - examples
This document demonstrates some concrete examples for programming flow rules
with the rte_flow APIs.
- Detail of the rte_flow APIs can be found in the following link: Generic flow API .
- Details of the TestPMD commands to set the flow rules can be found in the following link: TestPMD Flow rules
4.1. Simple IPv4 drop
4.1.1. Description
In this example we will create a simple rule that drops packets whose IPv4 destination equals 192.168.3.2. This code is equivalent to the following testpmd command (wrapped for clarity):
tpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / vlan /
ipv4 dst is 192.168.3.2 / end actions drop / end
4.1.2. Code
/* create the attribute structure */
struct rte_flow_attr attr = {.ingress = 1};
struct rte_flow_item pattern[MAX_PATTERN_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_action actions[MAX_ACTIONS_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_item_etc eth;
struct rte_flow_item_vlan vlan;
struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 ipv4;
struct rte_flow *flow;
struct rte_flow_error error;
/* setting the eth to pass all packets */
pattern[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH;
pattern[0].spec = ð
/* set the vlan to pas all packets */
pattern[1] = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN;
pattern[1].spec = &vlan;
/* set the dst ipv4 packet to the required value */
ipv4.hdr.dst_addr = htonl(0xc0a80302);
pattern[2].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4;
pattern[2].spec = &ipv4;
/* end the pattern array */
pattern[3].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM)TYPE_END;
/* create the drop action */
actions[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP;
actions[1].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END;
/* validate and create the flow rule */
if (!rte_flow_validate(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
flow = rte_flow_create(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
4.1.3. Output
Terminal 1: running sample app with the flow rule disabled:
./filter-program disable
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.4
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.5
Terminal 1: running sample the app flow rule enabled:
./filter-program enabled
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst ='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.4
4.2. Range IPv4 drop
4.2.1. Description
In this example we will create a simple rule that drops packets whose IPv4 destination is in the range 192.168.3.0 to 192.168.3.255. This is done using a mask.
This code is equivalent to the following testpmd command (wrapped for clarity):
tpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / vlan /
ipv4 dst spec 192.168.3.0 dst mask 255.255.255.0 /
end actions drop / end
4.2.2. Code
struct rte_flow_attr attr = {.ingress = 1};
struct rte_flow_item pattern[MAX_PATTERN_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_action actions[MAX_ACTIONS_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_item_etc eth;
struct rte_flow_item_vlan vlan;
struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 ipv4;
struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 ipv4_mask;
struct rte_flow *flow;
struct rte_flow_error error;
/* setting the eth to pass all packets */
pattern[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH;
pattern[0].spec = ð
/* set the vlan to pas all packets */
pattern[1] = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN;
pattern[1].spec = &vlan;
/* set the dst ipv4 packet to the required value */
ipv4.hdr.dst_addr = htonl(0xc0a80300);
ipv4_mask.hdr.dst_addr = htonl(0xffffff00);
pattern[2].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4;
pattern[2].spec = &ipv4;
pattern[2].mask = &ipv4_mask;
/* end the pattern array */
pattern[3].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM)TYPE_END;
/* create the drop action */
actions[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP;
actions[1].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END;
/* validate and create the flow rule */
if (!rte_flow_validate(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
flow = rte_flow_create(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
4.2.3. Output
Terminal 1: running sample app flow rule disabled:
./filter-program disable
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.6', dst='192.168.5.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.4
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.5
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.6
Terminal 1: running sample app flow rule enabled:
./filter-program enabled
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q()/IP(src='176.80.50.6', dst='192.168.5.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.6
4.3. Send vlan to queue
4.3.1. Description
In this example we will create a rule that routes all vlan id 123 to queue 3.
This code is equivalent to the following testpmd command (wrapped for clarity):
tpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / vlan vid spec 123 /
end actions queue index 3 / end
4.3.2. Code
struct rte_flow_attr attr = {.ingress = 1};
struct rte_flow_item pattern[MAX_PATTERN_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_action actions[MAX_ACTIONS_IN_FLOW];
struct rte_flow_item_etc eth;
struct rte_flow_item_vlan vlan;
struct rte_flow_action_queue queue = { .index = 3 };
struct rte_flow *flow;
struct rte_flow_error error;
/* setting the eth to pass all packets */
pattern[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH;
pattern[0].spec = ð
/* set the vlan to pas all packets */
vlan.vid = 123;
pattern[1] = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN;
pattern[1].spec = &vlan;
/* end the pattern array */
pattern[2].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM)TYPE_END;
/* create the queue action */
actions[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_QUEUE;
actions[0].conf = &queue
actions[1].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END;
/* validate and create the flow rule */
if (!rte_flow_validate(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
flow = rte_flow_create(port_id, &attr, pattern, actions, &error)
4.3.3. Output
Terminal 1: running sample app flow rule disabled:
./filter-program disable
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=123)/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=50)/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=123)/IP(src='176.80.50.6', dst='192.168.5.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.4 sent to queue 2
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.5 sent to queue 1
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.6 sent to queue 0
Terminal 1: running sample app flow rule enabled:
./filter-program enabled
[waiting for packets]
Terminal 2: running scapy:
$scapy
welcome to Scapy
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=123)/IP(src='176.80.50.4', dst='192.168.3.1'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=50)/IP(src='176.80.50.5', dst='192.168.3.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
>> sendp(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=123)/IP(src='176.80.50.6', dst='192.168.5.2'), \
iface='some interface', count=1)
Terminal 1: output log:
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.4 sent to queue 3
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.5 sent to queue 1
received packet with src ip = 176.80.50.6 sent to queue 3