netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: tcp_drop adds `SNMP` and `reason` parameter for tracing

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Message-ID: <20210920131550.658eda95@oasis.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:15:50 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Zhongya Yan <yan2228598786@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        dsahern@...nel.org, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, 2228598786@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: tcp_drop adds `SNMP` and `reason` parameter for
 tracing

On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:54:02 -0700
Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:

> Also, kernel does not have to explain it in strings, those SNMP
> counters are already available for user-space, so kernel could
> just use SNMP enums and let user-space interpret them. In many
> cases, you are just adding strings for those SNMP enums.

The strings were requested by the networking maintainers.

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANn89iJO8jzjFWvJ610TPmKDE8WKi8ojTr_HWXLz5g=4pdQHEA@mail.gmail.com/

-- Steve