Re: ss: Checking efficient analysis for network connections

2019-07-23 Thread Markus Elfring
> This whole discussion has zero to do with what text format 'ss' outputs. Do any more software developers care for the clarification of additional data formats for the usage of specific information by tools around socket statistics (from the directory “/proc/net” and related ones)? Would you lik

Re: ss: Checking efficient analysis for network connections

2019-06-13 Thread Markus Elfring
> This whole discussion has zero to do with what text format 'ss' outputs. Would you like to support the clarification of additional data formats for the usage of specific information by tools for socket statistics (from the directory “/proc/net” and related ones)? Regards, Markus

Re: ss: Checking efficient analysis for network connections

2019-06-01 Thread Markus Elfring
> If you use netlink operations directly, Thanks for such feedback. Should this programming interface become better known? > you can have the kernel filter on various criteria > and only get the socket entries you are interested in. This is good to know. > This whole discussion has zero to d

Re: ss: Checking efficient analysis for network connections

2019-06-01 Thread David Miller
From: Markus Elfring Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 10:36:40 +0200 > I imagine then that it would be also nicer to perform filtering based on > configurable constraints at the data source directly. > How much can Linux help more in this software area? > How do you think about such ideas? If you use netli

Re: ss: Checking efficient analysis for network connections

2019-06-01 Thread Markus Elfring
> Multi-line output in ss makes it difficult to search for things with grep. I became more concerned about efficient data processing for the provided information. There are further software development possibilities to consider, aren't there? The chosen data formats influence the software situati