From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:10:24 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger Message-ID: <20080428111024.2ff2fd78@extreme> In-Reply-To: <20080424134129.GA27496@localhost> References: <96CF49BD8B56384395D698BA99007FA32FA1E1@exchange.pacwire.local> <20080423104340.2416280e@extreme> <20080424134129.GA27496@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Bridge] Getting statistics from a bridge List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jaime Medrano Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:41:29 +0200 Jaime Medrano wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:43:40AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:53:12 +1000 > > "Leigh Sharpe" wrote: > > > > > Is there any way of getting detailed statistics from a bridge? > > > Specifically, I need to know how many frames may have been dropped > > > because they exceed the MTU of the underlying port. I'm having a few > > > issues with MTUs not agreeing. > > > > It would not be hard to modify kernel to use one of the existing statistics on > > the bridge interface to keep track of the dropped packets. I'll look into it > > if no one else gets to it first (hint, hint) > > > > I think this change will do it. > > Regards, > Jaime Medrano. There is still the possiblity of RCU race during removal. I'll fix it up. I am adding better statistics as part of other patch.