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Subject: Re: [PATCH] IP: Increment INADDRERRORS if routing for a packet is
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:32:34 +0200
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Le mercredi 02 juin 2010 =C3=A0 10:27 -0500, Christoph Lameter a =C3=A9=
crit :

> Yes but they are not increment any counter. If packets are dropped be=
cause
> of the rp_filter setting interfering f.e. then the packets vanish wit=
hout
> any accounting.
>=20

But packets are vanishing either way.

> LINUX_MIB_INROUTEERRORS? Does it mean I can create a series of new
> counters that allow us to diagnose and distinguish all the different
> causes of packet loss? We would love to have that.
>=20

=46or an example, you could take a look at commit 907cdda5205b
(tcp: Add SNMP counter for DEFER_ACCEPT)

Its pretty straigthforward, and wont conflict with monitoring apps.