Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:23:43 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange sockstat entries Message-ID: <864insbxvk.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <2133E787-9AF9-4999-83DC-83B4C0CABD32@lafn.org> (Doug Hardie's message of "Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:05:59 -0800") References: <2133E787-9AF9-4999-83DC-83B4C0CABD32@lafn.org>
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Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> writes: > I am seeing a number of unusual sockstat entries that look like: > > ?? ?? ?? ?? tcp4 10.0.1.230:587 178.16.54.22:63001 > > The occur at the end of the output. Often there are about 10 or so > entries. Most of them vanish after a few seconds. However, two are > quite persistent. What causes this type of entry? sockstat works by retrieving and cross-referencing information from two separate lists, one that ties sockets to processes and another that ties sockets to connections. If a socket is opened or closed while sockstat is working, it may show up in one list but not in the other. It might be better to drop incomplete entries by default. Note that sockets owned by the kernel (e.g. NFS) will never show up in the list of processes. Perhaps we should arrange things so they show up with PID and UID 0. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.orghome | help
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