Struct netlink_packet_route::tc::TcActionGeneric

#[non_exhaustive]
pub struct TcActionGeneric {
    pub index: u32,
    pub capab: u32,
    pub action: TcActionType,
    pub refcnt: i32,
    pub bindcnt: i32,
}

Generic traffic control action parameters.

This structure is used to describe attributes common to all traffic control actions.

See #define tc_gen in linux/pkt_cls.h.

Fields (Non-exhaustive)

Non-exhaustive structs could have additional fields added in future. Therefore, non-exhaustive structs cannot be constructed in external crates using the traditional Struct { .. } syntax; cannot be matched against without a wildcard ..; and struct update syntax will not work.

index: u32

The index of the action is a unique identifier used to track actions installed in the kernel.

Each action type (e.g. mirror or nat) has its own independent index space. If you assign the index field to 0 when creating an action, the kernel will assign a unique index to the new action.

capab: u32

NOTE: I cannot find any documentation on this field nor any place where it is used in iproute2 or the Linux kernel. The capab field is part of the #define tc_gen in the kernel, and that #define is used in many places, but I don’t see any place using the capab field in any way. I may be looking in the wrong place or missing something.

action: TcActionType

Action type.

refcnt: i32

Reference count of this action.

This refers to the number of times this action is referenced within the kernel. Actions are cleaned up (deleted) when refcnt reaches 0.

If you create an action on its own (i.e., not associated with a filter), the refcnt will be 1. If that action is then associated with a filter, the refcnt will be 2. If you then delete that filter, the refcnt will be 1 and the action will remain until you explicitly delete it (which is only possible when the refcnt is 1 and the bindcnt is 0).

If you were to create an action indirectly (e.g., as part of creating a filter) then the refcnt will still be 1 (along with the bindcnt). If you then create another filter that references the same action, the refcnt will be 2 (along with the bindcnt).

If you then deleted both of those actions, the refcnt would be 0 and the action would be removed from the kernel.

bindcnt: i32

Bind count of this action.

The number of filters that reference (bind to) this action.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for TcActionGeneric

fn clone(&self) -> TcActionGeneric

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for TcActionGeneric

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for TcActionGeneric

fn default() -> TcActionGeneric

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl Emitable for TcActionGeneric

fn buffer_len(&self) -> usize

Return the length of the serialized data.

fn emit(&self, buffer: &mut [u8])

Serialize this types and write the serialized data into the given buffer.

impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> Parseable<TcActionGenericBuffer<T>> for TcActionGeneric

fn parse(buf: &TcActionGenericBuffer<T>) -> Result<Self, DecodeError>

Deserialize the current type.

impl PartialEq for TcActionGeneric

fn eq(&self, other: &TcActionGeneric) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Copy for TcActionGeneric

impl Eq for TcActionGeneric

impl StructuralPartialEq for TcActionGeneric