netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ss: Don't pad the last (enabled) column

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Message-ID: <20250826085525.748ed6b3@elisabeth>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:55:25 +0200
From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
To: Paul Wayper <pwayper@...hat.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 paulway@...hat.com, jbainbri@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ss: Don't pad the last (enabled) column

On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:22:37 +1000
Paul Wayper <pwayper@...hat.com> wrote:

> ss will emit spaces on the right hand side of a left-justified, enabled
> column even if it's the last column.  In situations where one or more
> lines are very long - e.g. because of a large PROCESS field value - this
> causes a lot of excess output.
> 
> Firstly, calculate the last enabled column.  Then use this in the check
> for whether to emit trailing spaces on the last column.
> 
> Also name the 'EXT' column as 'Details' and mark it as disabled by
> default, enabled when the -e or --extended options are supplied.
> 
> Fixes: 59f46b7b5be86 ("ss: Introduce columns lightweight abstraction")
> Signed-off-by: Paul Wayper <paulway@...hat.com>

Thanks for the new version (this should have "v2" in the subject line).
I'll have a look and test in a bit.

-- 
Stefano