Service Process Control Method and Network Device

A network device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions including a plurality of units, the units including:
• a transceiver module, a list generating module, a scheduling module, and N data processing modules, wherein N is a positive integer, wherein each data processing module is configured to collect information of one dimension of a packet, wherein the transceiver module is configured to receive a packet, and wherein the list generating module is configured to:
• select, according to an execution policy of at least one service deployed on the network device, M data processing modules for processing the packet received by the transceiver module;
• and
• determine a processing sequence for the selected M data processing modules to process the packet, wherein M is a positive integer, M is less than or equal to N, an execution policy of each service comprises at least one service rule, each service rule comprises a condition and an action,
• wherein matching of each service rule at least depends on information of one dimension of the packet, and
• wherein the scheduling module is configured to:
• invoke the M data processing modules selected by the list generating module to sequentially process, according to the processing sequence, the packet, so as to obtain information of at least one dimension of the packet;
• perform, according to the information of the at least one dimension of the packet, matching for all service rules that are part of the execution policy of the at least one service, so as to determine a successfully matched service rule;
• and
• execute an action corresponding to the successfully matched service rule.