netdev - Re: [PATCH] snmp: add missing counters for RFC 4293

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Message-ID: <20090422105309.GB17947@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:53:09 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dada1@...mosbay.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] snmp: add missing counters for RFC 4293

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:50:03AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:35:45 +0200
> 
> > So RFC4293 tells corresponding Octets variables should be supported :
> > 
> >  InOctets, InMcastOctets, OutMcastOctets, OutBcastOctets, OutOctets
> > 
> > And I dont see them in /proc/net/snmp or /proc/net/netstat
> > 
> > Mitsuru added :
> > 
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("InNoRoutes", IPSTATS_MIB_INNOROUTES),
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("InTruncatedPkts", IPSTATS_MIB_INTRUNCATEDPKTS),
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("InMcastPkts", IPSTATS_MIB_INMCASTPKTS),
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("OutMcastPkts", IPSTATS_MIB_OUTMCASTPKTS),
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("InBcastPkts", IPSTATS_MIB_INBCASTPKTS),
> >        SNMP_MIB_ITEM("OutBcastPkts", IPSTATS_MIB_OUTBCASTPKTS),
> > 
> > And Neil adds : InOctets, OutOctets, InMcastOctets and OutMcastOctets
> > 
> > Neil, you forgot OutBcastOctets :)
> 
> Fair enough.  Neil I wait for an updated patch :-)
> 
Yep, you're right, thats the better spot for it, and I did miss the bcast
packets.  I'm not sure why people keep asking me to update snmp counters.  I'm
apparently very bad at it :). I'll repost soon

Neil

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