From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 6 16:09:10 2011 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D459C106566C for <freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org>; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:09:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9724B8FC13 for <freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org>; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.20]) by qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id VTtM1h00A0SCNGk5FTvv61; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:55:55 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id VTvt1h0161t3BNj3VTvups; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:55:55 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4F08A102C1B; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 08:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 08:55:52 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20110906155552.GA77408@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Sylvio C?sar Teixeira Amorim <scjamorim@bsd.com.br> Subject: Re: bin/160494: bsnmpd returns inaccurate data for hrSystemProcesses OID X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports <freebsd-bugs.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>, <mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>, <mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:09:10 -0000 On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 08:41:39AM -0300, Sylvio C?sar Teixeira Amorim wrote: > Do a patch and send me. I had a chance to review the net-snmp code. My previous claim was incorrect -- net-snmp DOES NOT suffer from the problem documented in this PR. The code in net-snmp which uses kvm_getprocs(3) is for the hrSW*Run OIDs, which (properly) uses KERN_PROC_ALL to ensure they count kernel threads for kernel modules. The hrSystemProcesses OID with net-snmp returns the correct number of system processes (not including threads). Verification: icarus# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost hrSystemProcesses HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemProcesses.0 = Gauge32: 60 So this PR/issue is specific to bsnmpd. Sorry to waste your time, Sylvio! The PR should remain open as bsnmpd needs to be fixed. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |