2 * icmpstat 2011 Christopher Maynard
4 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
5 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
6 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
8 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
11 /* This module provides icmp echo request/reply SRT statistics to tshark.
12 * It is only used by tshark and not wireshark
14 * It was based on tap-rpcstat.c and doc/README.tapping.
26 #include <epan/packet_info.h>
28 #include <epan/stat_tap_ui.h>
29 #include <epan/dissectors/packet-icmp.h>
31 #include <wsutil/cmdarg_err.h>
33 void register_tap_listener_icmpstat(void);
35 /* used to keep track of the ICMP statistics */
36 typedef struct _icmpstat_t
{
49 /* This callback is never used by tshark but it is here for completeness. When
50 * registering below, we could just have left this function as NULL.
52 * When used by wireshark, this function will be called whenever we would need
53 * to reset all state, such as when wireshark opens a new file, when it starts
54 * a new capture, when it rescans the packetlist after some prefs have changed,
57 * So if your application has some state it needs to clean up in those
58 * situations, here is a good place to put that code.
61 icmpstat_reset(void *tapdata
)
63 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
65 g_slist_free(icmpstat
->rt_list
);
66 memset(icmpstat
, 0, sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
67 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= 1.0 * UINT_MAX
;
71 static int compare_doubles(const void *a
, const void *b
)
75 ad
= *(const double *)a
;
76 bd
= *(const double *)b
;
86 /* This callback is invoked whenever the tap system has seen a packet we might
87 * be interested in. The function is to be used to only update internal state
88 * information in the *tapdata structure, and if there were state changes which
89 * requires the window to be redrawn, return 1 and (*draw) will be called
92 * This function should be as lightweight as possible since it executes
93 * together with the normal wireshark dissectors. Try to push as much
94 * processing as possible into (*draw) instead since that function executes
95 * asynchronously and does not affect the main thread's performance.
97 * If it is possible, try to do all "filtering" explicitly since you will get
98 * MUCH better performance than applying a similar display-filter in the
101 * The third parameter is tap dependent. Since we register this one to the
102 * "icmp" tap, the third parameter type is icmp_transaction_t.
105 * TAP_PACKET_DONT_REDRAW: no updates, no need to call (*draw) later
106 * TAP_PACKET_REDRAW: state has changed, call (*draw) sometime later
108 static tap_packet_status
109 icmpstat_packet(void *tapdata
, packet_info
*pinfo _U_
, epan_dissect_t
*edt _U_
, const void *data
, tap_flags_t flags _U_
)
111 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
112 const icmp_transaction_t
*trans
= (const icmp_transaction_t
*)data
;
113 double resp_time
, *rt
;
116 return TAP_PACKET_DONT_REDRAW
;
118 if (trans
->resp_frame
) {
119 resp_time
= nstime_to_msec(&trans
->resp_time
);
120 rt
= g_new(double, 1);
122 return TAP_PACKET_DONT_REDRAW
;
124 icmpstat
->rt_list
= g_slist_prepend(icmpstat
->rt_list
, rt
);
125 icmpstat
->num_resps
++;
126 if (icmpstat
->min_msecs
> resp_time
) {
127 icmpstat
->min_frame
= trans
->resp_frame
;
128 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= resp_time
;
130 if (icmpstat
->max_msecs
< resp_time
) {
131 icmpstat
->max_frame
= trans
->resp_frame
;
132 icmpstat
->max_msecs
= resp_time
;
134 icmpstat
->tot_msecs
+= resp_time
;
135 } else if (trans
->rqst_frame
)
136 icmpstat
->num_rqsts
++;
138 return TAP_PACKET_DONT_REDRAW
;
140 return TAP_PACKET_REDRAW
;
145 * Compute the mean, median and standard deviation.
147 static void compute_stats(icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
, double *mean
, double *med
, double *sdev
)
151 double sq_diff_sum
= 0.0;
153 icmpstat
->rt_list
= g_slist_sort(icmpstat
->rt_list
, compare_doubles
);
154 slist
= icmpstat
->rt_list
;
156 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
== 0 || slist
== NULL
) {
163 /* (arithmetic) mean */
164 *mean
= icmpstat
->tot_msecs
/ icmpstat
->num_resps
;
166 /* median: If we have an odd number of elements in our list, then the
167 * median is simply the middle element, otherwise the median is computed by
168 * averaging the 2 elements on either side of the mid-point. */
169 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
& 1)
170 *med
= *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, icmpstat
->num_resps
/ 2);
173 (*(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, (icmpstat
->num_resps
- 1) / 2) +
174 *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, icmpstat
->num_resps
/ 2)) / 2;
177 /* (sample) standard deviation */
178 for ( ; slist
; slist
= g_slist_next(slist
)) {
179 diff
= *(double *)slist
->data
- *mean
;
180 sq_diff_sum
+= diff
* diff
;
182 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
> 1)
183 *sdev
= sqrt(sq_diff_sum
/ (icmpstat
->num_resps
- 1));
189 /* This callback is used when tshark wants us to draw/update our data to the
190 * output device. Since this is tshark, the only output is stdout.
191 * TShark will only call this callback once, which is when tshark has finished
192 * reading all packets and exits.
193 * If used with wireshark this may be called any time, perhaps once every 3
195 * This function may even be called in parallel with (*reset) or (*draw), so
196 * make sure there are no races. The data in the icmpstat_t can thus change
197 * beneath us. Beware!
199 * How best to display the data? For now, following other tap statistics
200 * output, but here are a few other alternatives we might choose from:
202 * -> Windows ping output:
203 * Ping statistics for <IP>:
204 * Packets: Sent = <S>, Received = <R>, Lost = <L> (<LP>% loss),
205 * Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
206 * Minimum = <m>ms, Maximum = <M>ms, Average = <A>ms
208 * -> Cygwin ping output:
209 * ----<HOST> PING Statistics----
210 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> packets received, <LP>% packet loss
211 * round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/med = <m>/<M>/<A>/<D>
213 * -> Linux ping output:
214 * --- <HOST> ping statistics ---
215 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> received, <LP>% packet loss, time <T>ms
216 * rtt min/avg/max/mdev = <m>/<A>/<M>/<D> ms
219 icmpstat_draw(void *tapdata
)
221 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
223 double mean
, sdev
, med
;
226 printf("==========================================================================\n");
227 printf("ICMP Service Response Time (SRT) Statistics (all times in ms):\n");
228 printf("Filter: %s\n", icmpstat
->filter
? icmpstat
->filter
: "<none>");
229 printf("\nRequests Replies Lost %% Loss\n");
231 if (icmpstat
->num_rqsts
) {
232 lost
= icmpstat
->num_rqsts
- icmpstat
->num_resps
;
233 compute_stats(icmpstat
, &mean
, &med
, &sdev
);
235 printf("%-10u%-10u%-10u%5.1f%%\n\n",
236 icmpstat
->num_rqsts
, icmpstat
->num_resps
, lost
,
237 100.0 * lost
/ icmpstat
->num_rqsts
);
238 printf("Minimum Maximum Mean Median SDeviation Min Frame Max Frame\n");
239 printf("%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f %-10u%-10u\n",
240 icmpstat
->min_msecs
>= UINT_MAX
? 0.0 : icmpstat
->min_msecs
,
241 icmpstat
->max_msecs
, mean
, med
, sdev
,
242 icmpstat
->min_frame
, icmpstat
->max_frame
);
244 printf("0 0 0 0.0%%\n\n");
245 printf("Minimum Maximum Mean Median SDeviation Min Frame Max Frame\n");
246 printf("0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0\n");
248 printf("==========================================================================\n");
252 /* When called, this function will create a new instance of icmpstat.
254 * This function is called from tshark when it parses the -z icmp, arguments
255 * and it creates a new instance to store statistics in and registers this new
256 * instance for the icmp tap.
259 icmpstat_init(const char *opt_arg
, void *userdata _U_
)
261 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
;
262 const char *filter
= NULL
;
263 GString
*error_string
;
265 if (strstr(opt_arg
, "icmp,srt,"))
266 filter
= opt_arg
+ strlen("icmp,srt,");
268 icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)g_try_malloc(sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
269 if (icmpstat
== NULL
) {
270 cmdarg_err("Couldn't register icmp,srt tap: Out of memory");
273 memset(icmpstat
, 0, sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
274 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= 1.0 * UINT_MAX
;
276 icmpstat
->filter
= g_strdup(filter
);
278 /* It is possible to create a filter and attach it to the callbacks. Then the
279 * callbacks would only be invoked if the filter matched.
281 * Evaluating filters is expensive and if we can avoid it and not use them,
282 * then we gain performance.
284 * In this case we do the filtering for protocol and version inside the
285 * callback itself but use whatever filter the user provided.
288 error_string
= register_tap_listener("icmp", icmpstat
, icmpstat
->filter
,
289 TL_REQUIRES_NOTHING
, icmpstat_reset
, icmpstat_packet
, icmpstat_draw
,
292 /* error, we failed to attach to the tap. clean up */
293 g_free(icmpstat
->filter
);
296 cmdarg_err("Couldn't register icmp,srt tap: %s", error_string
->str
);
297 g_string_free(error_string
, TRUE
);
302 static stat_tap_ui icmpstat_ui
= {
303 REGISTER_STAT_GROUP_GENERIC
,
312 register_tap_listener_icmpstat(void)
314 register_stat_tap_ui(&icmpstat_ui
, NULL
);