Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ss Netid column and Local/Peer_Address

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:04 -0700

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:53:32 +0200
"Yoann P." <[email-masked]> wrote:

> When using ss -Hutn4 or -utn3, Netid and State columns are sometime merged, it 
> can be confusing when trying to pipe into awk or column.
> Details (before and after output) are available on this github issue: https://
> github.com/shemminger/iproute2/issues/20
> 
> Signed-off-by: YoyPa <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  misc/ss.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
> index c8970438..5e46cc0e 100644
> --- a/misc/ss.c
> +++ b/misc/ss.c
> @@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ static struct column columns[] = {
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "State",                " ",    0, 0, 0 },
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "Recv-Q",               " ",    0, 0, 0 },
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "Send-Q",               " ",    0, 0, 0 },
> -       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Local Address:",       " ",    0, 0, 0 },
> +       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Local_Address:",       " ",    0, 0, 0 },
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "Port",                 "",     0, 0, 0 },
> -       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Peer Address:",        " ",    0, 0, 0 },
> +       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Peer_Address:",        " ",    0, 0, 0 },
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "Port",                 "",     0, 0, 0 },
>         { ALIGN_LEFT,   "",                     "",     0, 0, 0 },
>  };
> @@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ static void sock_state_print(struct sockstat *s)
>                 out("`- %s", sctp_sstate_name[s->state]);
>         } else {
>                 field_set(COL_NETID);
> -               out("%s", sock_name);
> +               out("%-6s", sock_name);
>                 field_set(COL_STATE);
>                 out("%s", sstate_name[s->state]);
>         }

Thank for your patch, it does address a  bug.
But iproute2 uses kernel coding style and your patch uses spaces instead
of tabs.

WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line
#35: FILE: misc/ss.c:147:
+       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Local_Address:",       " ",    0, 0, 0 },$

WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line
#38: FILE: misc/ss.c:149:
+       { ALIGN_RIGHT,  "Peer_Address:",        " ",    0, 0, 0 },$

ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
#47: FILE: misc/ss.c:1337:
+               out("%-6s", sock_name);$

WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line
#47: FILE: misc/ss.c:1337:
+               out("%-6s", sock_name);$