The optional mask which may be added to int values is considered by the kernel only if it is non-zero, therefore tc should only then also print it.
Without this, not passing a mask value like so: | # tc filter add dev d0 parent 8001: \ | basic match meta\(vlan eq 1\) \ | classid 8001:1 Would lead to tc printing an all-zero mask later: | # tc filter show dev d0 | filter parent 8001: protocol all pref 49151 basic | filter parent 8001: protocol all pref 49151 basic handle 0x1 flowid 8001:1 | meta(vlan mask 0x00000000 eq 1) This is obviously confusing as an all-zero mask strictly means to eliminate all bits from the value, but the opposite is the case. Cc: Thomas Graf <tg...@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> --- tc/em_meta.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tc/em_meta.c b/tc/em_meta.c index 9ce5a78a628ac..ce98386082b86 100644 --- a/tc/em_meta.c +++ b/tc/em_meta.c @@ -485,8 +485,9 @@ static int print_object(FILE *fd, struct tcf_meta_val *obj, struct rtattr *rta) if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) < sizeof(__u32)) goto size_mismatch; - fprintf(fd, " mask 0x%08x", - rta_getattr_u32(rta)); + if (rta_getattr_u32(rta)) + fprintf(fd, " mask 0x%08x", + rta_getattr_u32(rta)); } break; } -- 2.8.2