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Name

xt - tc iptables action

Synopsis

tc " ... " "action xt -j"TARGET " [ " TARGET_OPTS " ]"

Description

The xt action allows to call arbitrary iptables targets for packets matching the filter this action is attached to.

Options

Perform a jump to the given iptables target, optionally passing any target specific options in TARGET_OPTS.

Examples

The following will attach a u32 filter to the ingress qdisc matching ICMP replies and using the xt action to make the kernel yell 'PONG' each time:
tc qdisc add dev eth0 ingress
tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: proto ip u32 \\
	match ip protocol 1 0xff \\
	match ip icmp_type 0 0xff \\
	action xt -j LOG --log-prefix PONG

See Also

  1. tc(8),
  2. tc-u32(8),
  3. iptables-extensions(8)