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ipv4: add LINUX_MIB_IPRPFILTER snmp counter

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Christoph Lameter mentioned that packets could be dropped in input path
because of rp_filter settings, without any SNMP counter being
incremented. System administrator can have a hard time to track the
problem.

This patch introduces a new counter, LINUX_MIB_IPRPFILTER, incremented
each time we drop a packet because Reverse Path Filter triggers.

(We receive an IPv4 datagram on a given interface, and find the route to
send an answer would use another interface)

netstat -s | grep IPReversePathFilter
    IPReversePathFilter: 21714

Reported-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2010-06-02 12:05:27 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent 8cbccbe761
commit b5f7e75547
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@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ enum
LINUX_MIB_TCPBACKLOGDROP,
LINUX_MIB_TCPMINTTLDROP, /* RFC 5082 */
LINUX_MIB_TCPDEFERACCEPTDROP,
LINUX_MIB_IPRPFILTER, /* IP Reverse Path Filter (rp_filter) */
__LINUX_MIB_MAX
};