netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] icmp: Account for ICMP out errors

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Message-Id: <20100403.150924.192361698.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:09:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	afleming@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] icmp: Account for ICMP out errors

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:09:34 +0200

> [PATCH net-next-2.6] icmp: Account for ICMP out errors
> 
> When ip_append() fails because of socket limit or memory shortage,
> increment ICMP_MIB_OUTERRORS counter, so that "netstat -s" can report
> these errors.
> 
> LANG=C netstat -s | grep "ICMP messages failed"
>     0 ICMP messages failed
> 
> For IPV6, implement ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS counter as well.
> 
> # grep Icmp6OutErrors /proc/net/dev_snmp6/*
> /proc/net/dev_snmp6/eth0:Icmp6OutErrors                   	0
> /proc/net/dev_snmp6/lo:Icmp6OutErrors                   	0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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