Family `ovs_vport` netlink specification ¶

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Family ovs_vport netlink specification

Summary ¶

OVS vport configuration over generic netlink.

Operations ¶

vport-get ¶

Get / dump OVS vport configuration and state

value

3

attribute-set

fixed-header

do

request

attributes: [dp-ifindex, name]

reply

attributes: [dp-ifindex, port-no, type, name, upcall-pid, stats, ifindex, netnsid, upcall-stats]

dump

request

attributes: [dp-ifindex, name]

reply

attributes: [dp-ifindex, port-no, type, name, upcall-pid, stats, ifindex, netnsid, upcall-stats]

Multicast groups ¶

ovs_vport

Definitions ¶

ovs-header ¶

type

struct

members

dp-ifindex (u32)

vport-type ¶

type

enum

entries

unspec
netdev
internal
gre
vxlan
geneve

vport-stats ¶

type

struct

members

rx-packets (u64)
tx-packets (u64)
rx-bytes (u64)
tx-bytes (u64)
rx-errors (u64)
tx-errors (u64)
rx-dropped (u64)
tx-dropped (u64)

Attribute sets ¶

vport-options ¶

dst-port (`u32`)¶

extension (`u32`)¶

upcall-stats ¶

success (`u64`)¶

value: 0

fail (`u64`)¶

vport ¶

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