netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] ss: Unify tcp stats output

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Message-ID: <CAHA+R7PgJytCaeVz8aOyJ06JjKACMCrtp8oAnfuaSDSNJX8NvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:36:40 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Cc:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 3/3] ss: Unify tcp stats output

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net> wrote:
> On 18 January 2015 at 21:43, Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Stephen,
>
> it is time to think about the format of the ss output - it starts to
> get unreadable. Neither humans nor scripts will parse the output. See
> the patch at the end,to get idea what I mean: who will understand
> "fallback_mode"? I don't want to blame someone - not at all, it is
> just one example. My proposal:
>

On the other hand, what blocks you from parsing the netlink message
by yourself? Don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of netlink, but
generally speaking, ss is not alone, too many scripts and applications
nowadays parse iproute2 tools output.
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