Re: [PATCH iproute2] man/tc-mirred: don't recommend modprobe

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 08:34:44PM CET, stephen@networkplumber.org wrote:
>Use ip link add instead of explicit modprobe.
>Kernel will do correct module loading if necessary.
>
>Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
>---
> man/man8/tc-mirred.8 | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/man/man8/tc-mirred.8 b/man/man8/tc-mirred.8
>index 38833b452d92..2d9795b1b16f 100644
>--- a/man/man8/tc-mirred.8
>+++ b/man/man8/tc-mirred.8
>@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ interface, it is possible to send ingress traffic through an instance of
> 
> .RS
> .EX
>-# modprobe ifb
>-# ip link set ifb0 up
>+# ip link add dev ifb0 type ifb

RTNETLINK answers: File exists

You can't add "ifb0" like this, it is created implicitly on module probe
time. Pick a different name.


> # tc qdisc add dev ifb0 root sfq
> # tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
> # tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: u32 \\
>-- 
>2.43.0
>
>