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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:27:31 -0700
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org>
To:        rick norman <rick.norman@lmco.com>
Cc:        rizzo@iciri.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dummynet stats
Message-ID:  <20011026122730.A68582@iguana.aciri.org>
In-Reply-To: <3BD9B018.89D07BF1@lmco.com>
References:  <3BD99BE8.F02EA873@lmco.com> <20011026112547.B67858@iguana.aciri.org> <3BD9B018.89D07BF1@lmco.com>

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:48:56AM -0700, rick norman wrote:
> I guess my question then is why did I need to stop the stream and restart
> it before it would show up in the pipe?  It seems that if I repeatedly flush,

I cannot reproduce the problem from your description.

If you can post the exact sequence of actions that causes
the behaviour in a reproducible way, then we can try and see
what is going wrong.
Please include os version, the ping command and the ifconfig of relevant
interfaces.

	cheers
	luigi
> delete pipes, reinstall pipes, without stopping the data stream, that I get
> into
> a state where no data will register in the pipes until I stop and restart the
> stream.
> 
> Rick
> 
> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:22:48AM -0700, rick norman wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I seem to get inconsistent outputs from the same dummynet
> > > stat query.  Following is the output from two different queries :
> > >
> > > bash-2.05$
> > > bash-2.05$ ipfw pipe 3 show
> > > 00003: unlimited    0 ms  2048 B 0 queues (1 buckets) droptail
> > >     mask: 0x00 0x00000000/0x0000 -> 0x00000000/0x0000
> > > bash-2.05$
> > > bash-2.05$ ipfw pipe 3 show
> > > 00003: unlimited    0 ms  2048 B 1 queues (1 buckets) droptail
> > >     mask: 0x00 0x00000000/0x0000 -> 0x00000000/0x0000
> > > BKT Prot ___Source IP/port____ ____Dest. IP/port____ Tot_pkt/bytes
> > > Pkt/Byte Drp
> > >   0 icmp      127.0.31.1/0          127.0.31.1/0     3139  1695060  0
> > > 0   0
> > > bash-2.05$
> > >
> > > The only difference between the two dumps is that a flood ping
> > > was stopped and then restated.
> > > In both cases, the same ruleset and dummynet pipes were in effect.  I
> > > am using flood pings for a data stream in both cases.  The first dump
> > > is after a flush and reinstallation of the pipe rules. The data stream
> > > was
> > > running while the rules were being installed.  The ping was then stopped
> > >
> > > and restarted followed by the second stat query.   My question is why
> > > didn't
> > > the stats reflect the stream until it had been stopped and restarted ?
> >
> > i actually doubt that any traffic went throught he pipe before
> > the first "ipfw pipe show" or you would have seen it.
> > packets are accounted for immediately as they go through.
> >
> >         cheers
> >         luigi
> 
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