2 * icmpstat 2011 Christopher Maynard
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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25 /* This module provides icmp echo request/reply SRT statistics to tshark.
26 * It is only used by tshark and not wireshark
28 * It was based on tap-rpcstat.c and doc/README.tapping.
37 #include "epan/packet_info.h"
39 #include <epan/stat_cmd_args.h>
40 #include <epan/dissectors/packet-icmp.h>
43 void register_tap_listener_icmpstat(void);
45 /* used to keep track of the ICMP statistics */
46 typedef struct _icmpstat_t
{
59 /* This callback is never used by tshark but it is here for completeness. When
60 * registering below, we could just have left this function as NULL.
62 * When used by wireshark, this function will be called whenever we would need
63 * to reset all state, such as when wireshark opens a new file, when it starts
64 * a new capture, when it rescans the packetlist after some prefs have changed,
67 * So if your application has some state it needs to clean up in those
68 * situations, here is a good place to put that code.
71 icmpstat_reset(void *tapdata
)
73 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
75 g_slist_free(icmpstat
->rt_list
);
76 memset(icmpstat
, 0, sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
77 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= 1.0 * G_MAXUINT
;
81 static gint
compare_doubles(gconstpointer a
, gconstpointer b
)
96 /* This callback is invoked whenever the tap system has seen a packet we might
97 * be interested in. The function is to be used to only update internal state
98 * information in the *tapdata structure, and if there were state changes which
99 * requires the window to be redrawn, return 1 and (*draw) will be called
102 * This function should be as lightweight as possible since it executes
103 * together with the normal wireshark dissectors. Try to push as much
104 * processing as possible into (*draw) instead since that function executes
105 * asynchronously and does not affect the main thread's performance.
107 * If it is possible, try to do all "filtering" explicitly since you will get
108 * MUCH better performance than applying a similar display-filter in the
111 * The third parameter is tap dependent. Since we register this one to the
112 * "icmp" tap, the third parameter type is icmp_transaction_t.
115 * 0: no updates, no need to call (*draw) later
116 * !0: state has changed, call (*draw) sometime later
119 icmpstat_packet(void *tapdata
, packet_info
*pinfo _U_
, epan_dissect_t
*edt _U_
, const void *data
)
121 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
122 const icmp_transaction_t
*trans
= (const icmp_transaction_t
*)data
;
123 double resp_time
, *rt
;
128 if (trans
->resp_frame
) {
129 resp_time
= nstime_to_msec(&trans
->resp_time
);
130 rt
= g_new(double,1);
134 icmpstat
->rt_list
= g_slist_prepend(icmpstat
->rt_list
, rt
);
135 icmpstat
->num_resps
++;
136 if (icmpstat
->min_msecs
> resp_time
) {
137 icmpstat
->min_frame
= trans
->resp_frame
;
138 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= resp_time
;
140 if (icmpstat
->max_msecs
< resp_time
) {
141 icmpstat
->max_frame
= trans
->resp_frame
;
142 icmpstat
->max_msecs
= resp_time
;
144 icmpstat
->tot_msecs
+= resp_time
;
145 } else if (trans
->rqst_frame
)
146 icmpstat
->num_rqsts
++;
155 * Compute the mean, median and standard deviation.
157 static void compute_stats(icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
, double *mean
, double *med
, double *sdev
)
161 double sq_diff_sum
= 0.0;
163 icmpstat
->rt_list
= g_slist_sort(icmpstat
->rt_list
, compare_doubles
);
164 slist
= icmpstat
->rt_list
;
166 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
== 0 || slist
== NULL
) {
173 /* (arithmetic) mean */
174 *mean
= icmpstat
->tot_msecs
/ icmpstat
->num_resps
;
176 /* median: If we have an odd number of elements in our list, then the
177 * median is simply the middle element, otherwise the median is computed by
178 * averaging the 2 elements on either side of the mid-point. */
179 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
& 1)
180 *med
= *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, icmpstat
->num_resps
/ 2);
183 (*(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, (icmpstat
->num_resps
- 1) / 2) +
184 *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist
, icmpstat
->num_resps
/ 2)) / 2;
187 /* (sample) standard deviation */
188 for ( ; slist
; slist
= g_slist_next(slist
)) {
189 diff
= *(double *)slist
->data
- *mean
;
190 sq_diff_sum
+= diff
* diff
;
192 if (icmpstat
->num_resps
> 1)
193 *sdev
= sqrt(sq_diff_sum
/ (icmpstat
->num_resps
- 1));
199 /* This callback is used when tshark wants us to draw/update our data to the
200 * output device. Since this is tshark, the only output is stdout.
201 * TShark will only call this callback once, which is when tshark has finished
202 * reading all packets and exits.
203 * If used with wireshark this may be called any time, perhaps once every 3
205 * This function may even be called in parallel with (*reset) or (*draw), so
206 * make sure there are no races. The data in the icmpstat_t can thus change
207 * beneath us. Beware!
209 * How best to display the data? For now, following other tap statistics
210 * output, but here are a few other alternatives we might choose from:
212 * -> Windows ping output:
213 * Ping statistics for <IP>:
214 * Packets: Sent = <S>, Received = <R>, Lost = <L> (<LP>% loss),
215 * Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
216 * Minimum = <m>ms, Maximum = <M>ms, Average = <A>ms
218 * -> Cygwin ping output:
219 * ----<HOST> PING Statistics----
220 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> packets received, <LP>% packet loss
221 * round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/med = <m>/<M>/<A>/<D>
223 * -> Linux ping output:
224 * --- <HOST> ping statistics ---
225 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> received, <LP>% packet loss, time <T>ms
226 * rtt min/avg/max/mdev = <m>/<A>/<M>/<D> ms
229 icmpstat_draw(void *tapdata
)
231 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)tapdata
;
233 double mean
, sdev
, med
;
236 printf("==========================================================================\n");
237 printf("ICMP Service Response Time (SRT) Statistics (all times in ms):\n");
238 printf("Filter: %s\n", icmpstat
->filter
? icmpstat
->filter
: "<none>");
239 printf("\nRequests Replies Lost %% Loss\n");
241 if (icmpstat
->num_rqsts
) {
242 lost
= icmpstat
->num_rqsts
- icmpstat
->num_resps
;
243 compute_stats(icmpstat
, &mean
, &med
, &sdev
);
245 printf("%-10u%-10u%-10u%5.1f%%\n\n",
246 icmpstat
->num_rqsts
, icmpstat
->num_resps
, lost
,
247 100.0 * lost
/ icmpstat
->num_rqsts
);
248 printf("Minimum Maximum Mean Median SDeviation Min Frame Max Frame\n");
249 printf("%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f %-10u%-10u\n",
250 icmpstat
->min_msecs
>= G_MAXUINT
? 0.0 : icmpstat
->min_msecs
,
251 icmpstat
->max_msecs
, mean
, med
, sdev
,
252 icmpstat
->min_frame
, icmpstat
->max_frame
);
254 printf("0 0 0 0.0%%\n\n");
255 printf("Minimum Maximum Mean Median SDeviation Min Frame Max Frame\n");
256 printf("0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0\n");
258 printf("==========================================================================\n");
262 /* When called, this function will create a new instance of icmpstat.
264 * This function is called from tshark when it parses the -z icmp, arguments
265 * and it creates a new instance to store statistics in and registers this new
266 * instance for the icmp tap.
269 icmpstat_init(const char *opt_arg
, void* userdata _U_
)
271 icmpstat_t
*icmpstat
;
272 const char *filter
= NULL
;
273 GString
*error_string
;
275 if (strstr(opt_arg
, "icmp,srt,"))
276 filter
= opt_arg
+ strlen("icmp,srt,");
278 icmpstat
= (icmpstat_t
*)g_try_malloc(sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
279 if (icmpstat
== NULL
) {
280 fprintf(stderr
, "tshark: g_try_malloc() fatal error.\n");
283 memset(icmpstat
, 0, sizeof(icmpstat_t
));
284 icmpstat
->min_msecs
= 1.0 * G_MAXUINT
;
287 icmpstat
->filter
= g_strdup(filter
);
289 /* It is possible to create a filter and attach it to the callbacks. Then the
290 * callbacks would only be invoked if the filter matched.
292 * Evaluating filters is expensive and if we can avoid it and not use them,
293 * then we gain performance.
295 * In this case we do the filtering for protocol and version inside the
296 * callback itself but use whatever filter the user provided.
299 error_string
= register_tap_listener("icmp", icmpstat
, icmpstat
->filter
,
300 TL_REQUIRES_NOTHING
, icmpstat_reset
, icmpstat_packet
, icmpstat_draw
);
302 /* error, we failed to attach to the tap. clean up */
303 if (icmpstat
->filter
)
304 g_free(icmpstat
->filter
);
307 fprintf(stderr
, "tshark: Couldn't register icmp,srt tap: %s\n",
309 g_string_free(error_string
, TRUE
);
316 register_tap_listener_icmpstat(void)
318 register_stat_cmd_arg("icmp,srt", icmpstat_init
, NULL
);