Re: [PATCH] Update function names in /proc/net/tcp documentation

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

Hi Herbert,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:09:12 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> >
> >> inet_diag is the preferred interface.
> > 
> > How does it work? Is there some documentation available? I see
> > net/ipv4/inet_diag.c but I have no idea how to use it.
> 
> Have a look at the iproute package.  It contains the ss command
> which provides a command-line interface to it.
> 
> Of course it's also a good example of how you can access it from
> C.  The Debian pidentd package has also been patched to use this
> interface.

Thanks for the information. Now I'm worried that most people use
netstat and not ss, while it seems that netstat doesn't have tcp_diag
support. Would it make sense to add tcp_diag support to netstat? Or
should we simply invite system admins to switch from netstat to ss
(maybe by adding a netstat-like formatting option)?

Not that I am skilled enough in this area to do either myself anyway
(let alone the lack of time), but I'm curious what the correct approach
would be.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare