softnet_stat pretty printer

softnet.sh

#!/bin/bash

# adapted from https://github.com/majek/dump/blob/master/how-to-receive-a-packet/softnet.sh

cmd="${0##*/}"

usage() {
cat >&2 <<EOI
usage: $cmd [ -h ]

Output column definitions:
      cpu  # of the cpu 

    total  # of packets (not including netpoll) received by the interrupt handler
             There might be some double counting going on:
                net/core/dev.c:1643: __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;
                net/core/dev.c:1836: __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;
             I think the intention was that these were originally on separate
             receive paths ... 

  dropped  # of packets that were dropped because netdev_max_backlog was exceeded

 squeezed  # of times ksoftirq ran out of netdev_budget or time slice with work
             remaining

collision  # of times that two cpus collided trying to get the device queue lock.

EOI
	exit 1
}



softnet_stats_header() {
	printf "%3s %10s %10s %10s %10s %10s %10s\n" cpu total dropped squeezed collision rps flow_limit
}

softnet_stats_format() {
	printf "%3u %10lu %10lu %10lu %10lu %10lu %10lu\n" "0x$1" "0x$2" "0x$3" "0x$4" "0x$5" "0x$6" "0x$7"
}


getopts h flag && usage

softnet_stats_header
while read total dropped squeezed j1 j2 j3 j4 j5 collision rps flow_limit_count j6 cpu
do
	softnet_stats_format "$cpu" "$total" "$dropped" "$squeezed" "$collision" "$rps" "$flow_limit_count"
done < /proc/net/softnet_stat