netdev - Re: iproute: ss truncates abstract unix domain socket embedding null

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Date:   Sat, 29 Oct 2016 22:35:21 +0300
From:   Isaac Boukris <iboukris@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute: ss truncates abstract unix domain socket embedding null

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:22 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> Just translating all null characters to @ seems the most consistent and
> logical. Also translating other all non-printing characters to something (maybe '?')
> might be wise. It would be nice if all utilities output the same thing.

I've sent two patches to netdev with which all of ss, netstat and lsof
would translate all null bytes the same way.
I left out the other non-printable characters as I wasn't as confident about it.

Thanks.