Family ovs_vport netlink specification¶
Summary¶
OVS vport configuration over generic netlink.
Operations¶
new¶
Create a new OVS vport
- attribute-set
vport
- fixed-header
ovs-header
- do
- request
- attributes
[
name,type,upcall-pid,ifindex,options]
del¶
Delete existing OVS vport from a data path
- attribute-set
vport
- fixed-header
ovs-header
- do
- request
- attributes
[
port-no,type,name]
get¶
Get / dump OVS vport configuration and state
- attribute-set
vport
- fixed-header
ovs-header
- do
- request
- attributes
[
name]
- reply
- attributes
[
port-no,type,name,upcall-pid,stats,ifindex,netnsid,upcall-stats]
- dump
- request
- attributes
[
name]
- reply
- attributes
[
port-no,type,name,upcall-pid,stats,ifindex,netnsid,upcall-stats]
Multicast groups¶
ovs_vport
Definitions¶
ovs-header¶
- type
struct
- members
- dp-ifindex
vport-type¶
- type
enum
- enum-name
ovs-vport-type
- name-prefix
ovs-vport-type-
- entries
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vport-stats¶
- type
struct
- enum-name
ovs-vport-stats
- members
- rx-packets
- tx-packets
- rx-bytes
- tx-bytes
- rx-errors
- tx-errors
- rx-dropped
- tx-dropped
Attribute sets¶
vport-options¶
dst-port (u32)¶
extension (u32)¶
upcall-stats¶
success (u64)¶
- value
0
fail (u64)¶
vport¶
unspec (unused)¶
- value
0
port-no (u32)¶
type (u32)¶
- enum
vport-type
name (string)¶
options (nest)¶
- nested-attributes
vport-options
upcall-pid (binary)¶
- sub-type
u32
stats (binary)¶
- struct
vport-stats
pad (unused)¶
ifindex (u32)¶
netnsid (u32)¶
upcall-stats (nest)¶
- nested-attributes
upcall-stats