[PATCH 0/2] Add missing options to ipvsadm(8)

[PATCH 0/2] Add missing options to ipvsadm(8)

[Quentin Armitage]

Quentin Armitage (2):
  Add --pe sip option in ipvsadm(8) man page
  In ipvsadm(8) add using nft or an eBPF program to set a packet mark

 ipvsadm.8 | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

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2.13.7

[PATCH 1/2] Add --pe sip option in ipvsadm(8) man page

[Quentin Armitage]

Signed-off-by: Quentin Armitage <quentin@armitage.org.uk>
---
 ipvsadm.8 | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 
diff --git a/ipvsadm.8 b/ipvsadm.8 
index 256718e..aaee146 100644
--- a/ipvsadm.8
+++ b/ipvsadm.8
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ The command has two basic formats for execution:
 The first format manipulates a virtual service and the algorithm for
 assigning service requests to real servers. Optionally, a persistent
 timeout and network mask for the granularity of a persistent service
-may be specified. The second format manipulates a real server that is
-associated with an existing virtual service. When specifying a real
-server, the packet-forwarding method and the weight of the real
-server, relative to other real servers for the virtual service, may be
-specified, otherwise defaults will be used.
+and a persistence engine may be specified. The second format manipulates
+a real server that is associated with an existing virtual service.
+When specifying a real server, the packet-forwarding method and the
+weight of the real server, relative to other real servers for the
+virtual service, may be specified, otherwise defaults will be used.
 .SS COMMANDS
 \fBipvsadm\fR(8) recognises the commands described below. Upper-case
 commands maintain virtual services. Lower-case commands maintain real
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ resolve problems with non-persistent cache clusters on the client side.
 IPv6 netmasks should be specified as a prefix length between 1 and 128.
 The default prefix length is 128.
 .TP
+.B --pe \fIpersistence-engine\fP
+Specify an alternative persistence engine to be used. Currently the
+only alternative persistence engine available is sip.
+.TP
 .B -b, --sched-flags \fIsched-flags\fP
 Set scheduler flags for this virtual server.  \fIsched-flags\fP is a
 comma-separated list of flags.  See the scheduler descriptions for
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2.13.7

[PATCH 2/2] In ipvsadm(8) add using nft or an eBPF program to set a packet mark

[Quentin Armitage]

The ipvsadm(8) man page specified that a packet mark could be set
using iptables. It is now also possible to set the packet mark using
nft, and also via an eBPF program.
 
Signed-off-by: Quentin Armitage <quentin@armitage.org.uk>
---
 ipvsadm.8 | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipvsadm.8 b/ipvsadm.8
index aaee146..64a3526 100644
--- a/ipvsadm.8
+++ b/ipvsadm.8
@@ -196,9 +196,10 @@ Use SCTP service. See the -t|--tcp-service for the description of the
 .TP
 .B -f, --fwmark-service \fIinteger\fP
 Use a firewall-mark, an integer value greater than zero, to denote a
-virtual service instead of an address, port and protocol (UDP or
-TCP). The marking of packets with a firewall-mark is configured using
-the -m|--mark option to \fBiptables\fR(8). It can be used to build a
+virtual service instead of an address, port and protocol (UDP, TCP or
+SCTP). The marking of packets with a firewall-mark is configured using
+the -m|--mark option to \fBiptables\fR(8), the meta mark set \fIvalue\fR
+option to \fBnft\fR(8) or via an eBPF program. It can be used to build a
 virtual service associated with the same real servers, covering
 multiple IP address, port and protocol triplets. If IPv6 addresses
 are used, the -6 option must be used.
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2.13.7

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add missing options to ipvsadm(8)

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer]

On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:53:13 +0100
Quentin Armitage <quentin@armitage.org.uk> wrote:

> Quentin Armitage (2):
>   Add --pe sip option in ipvsadm(8) man page
>   In ipvsadm(8) add using nft or an eBPF program to set a packet mark
> 
>  ipvsadm.8 | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This patchset is now applied to ipvsadm kernel.org git tree.
Sorry for not doing this sooner.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/ipvsadm/ipvsadm.git/commit/?id=e904a8cd1d7712
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/ipvsadm/ipvsadm.git/commit/?id=089387716f0252

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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer