Add ip rule save/restore
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PATCH 1/1 Add ip rule save/restore
This patch adds save and restore commands to "ip rule" similar the same is made in commit f4ff11e3e298 for "ip route".
The feature is useful in checkpoint/restore for container migration, also it may be helpful in some normal situations.
Signed-off-by Kirill Tkhai <[email protected]>
--- doc/ip-cref.tex | 36 ++++++++++++++++++ ip/iprule.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- man/man8/ip-rule.8 | 26 +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
doc/ip-cref.tex +36 -0
@@ -2246,6 +2246,42 @@ Besides that, the host 193.233.7.83 is translated into another prefix to look like 192.203.80.144 when talking to the outer world. +\subsection{{\tt ip rule save} -- save rules tables} +\label{IP-RULE-SAVE} + +\paragraph{Description:} this command saves the contents of the rules +tables or the rule(s) selected by some criteria to standard output. + +\paragraph{Arguments:} \verb|ip rule save| has the same arguments as +\verb|ip rule show|. + +\paragraph{Example:} This saves all the rules to the {\tt saved\_rules} +file: +\begin{verbatim} +dan@caffeine:~ # ip rule save > saved_rules +\end{verbatim} + +\paragraph{Output format:} The format of the data stream provided by +\verb|ip rule save| is that of \verb|rtnetlink|. See +\verb|rtnetlink(7)| for more information. + +\subsection{{\tt ip rule restore} -- restore rules tables} +\label{IP-RULE-RESTORE} + +\paragraph{Description:} this command restores the contents of the rules +tables according to a data stream as provided by \verb|ip rule save| via +standard input. Note that any rules already in the table are left unchanged, +and duplicates are not ignored. + +\paragraph{Arguments:} This command takes no arguments. + +\paragraph{Example:} This restores all rules that were saved to the +{\tt saved\_rules} file: + +\begin{verbatim} +dan@caffeine:~ # ip rule restore < saved_rules +\end{verbatim} + \section{{\tt ip maddress} --- multicast addresses management}
ip/iprule.c +97 -6
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man/man8/ip-rule.8 +25 -1
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ ip-rule \- routing policy database management .ti -8 .B ip rule -.RB " [ " list " | " add " | " del " | " flush " ]" +.RB " [ " list " | " add " | " del " | " flush " | " save " ]" .I SELECTOR ACTION .ti -8 +.B ip rule " restore " + +.ti -8 .IR SELECTOR " := [ " .B from .IR PREFIX " ] [ "
@@ -265,6 +268,27 @@ This command has no arguments. This command has no arguments. The options list or lst are synonyms with show. +.TP +.B ip rule save +save rules table information to stdout +.RS +This command behaves like +.BR "ip rule show" +except that the output is raw data suitable for passing to +.BR "ip rule restore" . +.RE + +.TP +.B ip rule restore +restore rules table information from stdin +.RS +This command expects to read a data stream as returned from +.BR "ip rule save" . +It will attempt to restore the rules table information exactly as +it was at the time of the save. Any rules already in the table are +left unchanged, and duplicates are not ignored. +.RE + .SH SEE ALSO .br .BR ip (8)
Quoted 7 lines · On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:41:48 +0300 Kirill Tkhai <[email protected]> wrote:
This patch adds save and restore commands to "ip rule" similar the same is made in commit
f4ff11e3e298for "ip route".The feature is useful in checkpoint/restore for container migration, also it may be helpful in some normal situations.
Signed-off-by Kirill Tkhai <[email protected]>
Sure applied.