Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Fix bug in ofo queue pruning MIB stats

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:10:41 -0800

On 12/21/2011 07:15 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vijay Subramanian<[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:14:05 -0800
>
>> If the counter is tracking the right thing, is it worth fixing
>> netstat?
>
> Probably.
>
> The thing is, I can see both intepretations being useful.
>
> If we count packets, we can't tell that OFO pruning happened 4 times
> vs. we pruned 4 packets.
>
> But if you want to know the "extent" to which OFO pruning occurs, then
> you want the packet count.

Starting from the premise that the *primary* goal of netstat is to allow 
end users/admins to know about packet loss events and how they correlate 
with retransmissions, were I to have a "vote" it would be "count the 
packets."

rick jones