Linux Operating System Source Code: IBM Patches

 
IpInDelivers, IpInDiscards
Description:
This patch cleans up the use of the SNMP stats counters IpInDelivers and IpInDiscards (and the v6 counterparts).
Developer:
Nivedita Singhvi
Status:
Included in project
Release Included:
2.5.45

Notes:
- Removes increments of IpInDelivers and IpInDiscards from
  upper level protocols and moves them to the IP layer.  
  (upper layer protocols needn't know whether it was IP or
  IPv6 that delivered the packet (e.g. what we might have in SCTP))

- It also eliminates the subsequent atomic decrement of
  IpInDelivers when UDP drops a packet and the current
  duplicate incrementing of IpInDelivers for multicast packets.

- Leaves drops in raw sockets unaccounted for, at the moment.
  

Release Notes Date Files
20021118 Release Notes 2002-10-28  
  File Notes   ipstats-2.5.44.patch.gz