Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:41:13 +0100 From: Jeremie Le Hen <jlh@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r256512 - head/usr.bin/netstat Message-ID: <20131028204113.GA37879@caravan.chchile.org> In-Reply-To: <201310150955.r9F9t8pq084143@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201310150955.r9F9t8pq084143@svn.freebsd.org>
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Hi Gleb, On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 09:55:08AM +0000, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > Author: glebius > Date: Tue Oct 15 09:55:07 2013 > New Revision: 256512 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/256512 > > Log: > Rewrite netstat/if.c to use getifaddrs(3) and getifmaddrs(3) instead of > libkvm digging in kernel memory. This is possible since r231506 made > getifaddrs(3) to supply if_data for each ifaddr. > > The pros of this change is that now netstat(1) doesn't know about kernel > struct ifnet and struct ifaddr. And these structs are about to change > significantly in head soon. New netstat binary will work well with 10.0 > and any future kernel. > > The cons is that now it isn't possible to obtain interface statistics > from a vmcore. Is there a kgdb macro or something like that that could be used for debugging purpose? -- Jeremie Le Hen Scientists say the world is made up of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons. They forgot to mention Morons.
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