Network classifier cgroup ------------------------- The Network classifier cgroup provides an interface to tag network packets with a class identifier (classid). The Traffic Controller (tc) can be used to assign different priorities to packets from different cgroups. Creating a net_cls cgroups instance creates a net_cls.classid file. This net_cls.classid value is initialized to 0. You can write hexadecimal values to net_cls.classid; the format for these values is 0xAAAABBBB; AAAA is the major handle number and BBBB is the minor handle number. Reading net_cls.classid yields a decimal result. Example: mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls mount -t cgroup -onet_cls net_cls /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0 echo 0x100001 > /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0/net_cls.classid - setting a 10:1 handle. cat /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls/0/net_cls.classid 1048577 configuring tc: tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 10: htb tc class add dev eth0 parent 10: classid 10:1 htb rate 40mbit - creating traffic class 10:1 tc filter add dev eth0 parent 10: protocol ip prio 10 handle 1: cgroup