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 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
38 # include <sys/types.h>
42 #include "epan/packet_info.h"
44 #include <epan/stat_cmd_args.h>
45 #include <epan/dissectors/packet-icmp.h>
48 /* used to keep track of the ICMP statistics */
49 typedef struct _icmpstat_t {
60 /* This callback is never used by tshark but it is here for completeness. When
61 * registering below, we could just have left this function as NULL.
63 * When used by wireshark, this function will be called whenever we would need
64 * to reset all state, such as when wireshark opens a new file, when it starts
65 * a new capture, when it rescans the packetlist after some prefs have changed,
68 * So if your application has some state it needs to clean up in those
69 * situations, here is a good place to put that code.
72 icmpstat_reset(void *tapdata)
74 icmpstat_t *icmpstat = tapdata;
76 g_slist_free(icmpstat->rt_list);
77 icmpstat->rt_list = NULL;
78 icmpstat->num_rqsts = 0;
79 icmpstat->num_resps = 0;
80 icmpstat->min_msecs = 1.0 * G_MAXUINT;
81 icmpstat->max_msecs = 0.0;
82 icmpstat->tot_msecs = 0.0;
86 static gint compare_doubles(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
101 /* This callback is invoked whenever the tap system has seen a packet we might
102 * be interested in. The function is to be used to only update internal state
103 * information in the *tapdata structure, and if there were state changes which
104 * requires the window to be redrawn, return 1 and (*draw) will be called
107 * This function should be as lightweight as possible since it executes
108 * together with the normal wireshark dissectors. Try to push as much
109 * processing as possible into (*draw) instead since that function executes
110 * asynchronously and does not affect the main thread's performance.
112 * If it is possible, try to do all "filtering" explicitly since you will get
113 * MUCH better performance than applying a similar display-filter in the
116 * The third parameter is tap dependent. Since we register this one to the
117 * "icmp" tap, the third parameter type is icmp_transaction_t.
120 * 0: no updates, no need to call (*draw) later
121 * !0: state has changed, call (*draw) sometime later
124 icmpstat_packet(void *tapdata, packet_info *pinfo _U_, epan_dissect_t *edt _U_, const void *data)
126 icmpstat_t *icmpstat = tapdata;
127 const icmp_transaction_t *trans = data;
133 if (trans->resp_frame) {
134 rt = g_malloc(sizeof(double));
137 *rt = trans->resp_time;
138 icmpstat->rt_list = g_slist_insert_sorted(icmpstat->rt_list, rt, compare_doubles);
139 icmpstat->num_resps++;
140 if (icmpstat->min_msecs > trans->resp_time)
141 icmpstat->min_msecs = trans->resp_time;
142 if (icmpstat->max_msecs < trans->resp_time)
143 icmpstat->max_msecs = trans->resp_time;
144 icmpstat->tot_msecs += trans->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)
159 GSList *slist = icmpstat->rt_list;
161 double sq_diff_sum = 0.0;
163 if (icmpstat->num_resps == 0 || slist == NULL) {
170 /* (arithmetic) mean */
171 *mean = icmpstat->tot_msecs / icmpstat->num_resps;
173 /* median: If we have an odd number of elements in our list, then the
174 * median is simply the middle element, otherwise the median is computed by
175 * averaging the 2 elements on either side of the mid-point. */
176 if (icmpstat->num_resps & 1)
177 *med = *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist, icmpstat->num_resps / 2);
180 (*(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist, (icmpstat->num_resps - 1) / 2) +
181 *(double *)g_slist_nth_data(slist, icmpstat->num_resps / 2)) / 2;
184 /* (sample) standard deviation */
185 for ( ; slist; slist = g_slist_next(slist)) {
186 diff = *(double *)slist->data - *mean;
187 sq_diff_sum += diff * diff;
189 if (icmpstat->num_resps > 1)
190 *sdev = sqrt(sq_diff_sum / (icmpstat->num_resps - 1));
196 /* This callback is used when tshark wants us to draw/update our data to the
197 * output device. Since this is tshark, the only output is stdout.
198 * TShark will only call this callback once, which is when tshark has finished
199 * reading all packets and exits.
200 * If used with wireshark this may be called any time, perhaps once every 3
202 * This function may even be called in parallel with (*reset) or (*draw), so
203 * make sure there are no races. The data in the icmpstat_t can thus change
204 * beneath us. Beware!
206 * How best to display the data? For now, following other tap statistics
207 * output, but here are a few other alternatives we might choose from:
209 * -> Windows ping output:
210 * Ping statistics for <IP>:
211 * Packets: Sent = <S>, Received = <R>, Lost = <L> (<LP>% loss),
212 * Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
213 * Minimum = <m>ms, Maximum = <M>ms, Average = <A>ms
215 * -> Cygwin ping output:
216 * ----<HOST> PING Statistics----
217 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> packets received, <LP>% packet loss
218 * round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/med = <m>/<M>/<A>/<D>
220 * -> Linux ping output:
221 * --- <HOST> ping statistics ---
222 * <S> packets transmitted, <R> received, <LP>% packet loss, time <T>ms
223 * rtt min/avg/max/mdev = <m>/<A>/<M>/<D> ms
226 icmpstat_draw(void *tapdata)
228 icmpstat_t *icmpstat = tapdata;
230 double mean, sdev, med;
233 printf("==========================================================================\n");
234 printf("ICMP SRT Statistics (all times in ms):\n");
235 if (icmpstat->filter)
236 printf("Filter: %s\n", icmpstat->filter);
237 printf("\nRequests Replies Lost %% Loss\n");
239 if (icmpstat->num_rqsts) {
240 lost = icmpstat->num_rqsts - icmpstat->num_resps;
241 compute_stats(icmpstat, &mean, &med, &sdev);
243 printf("%-10u%-10u%-10u%5.1f%%\n\n",
244 icmpstat->num_rqsts, icmpstat->num_resps, lost,
245 100.0 * lost / icmpstat->num_rqsts);
246 printf("Min SRT Max SRT Avg SRT MED SDEV\n");
247 printf("%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f%-10.3f\n",
248 icmpstat->min_msecs >= G_MAXUINT ? 0.0 : icmpstat->min_msecs,
249 icmpstat->max_msecs, mean, med, sdev);
251 printf("0 0 0 0.0%%\n\n");
252 printf("Min SRT Max SRT Avg SRT MED SDEV\n");
253 printf("0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000\n");
255 printf("==========================================================================\n");
259 /* When called, this function will create a new instance of icmpstat.
261 * This function is called from tshark when it parses the -z icmp, arguments
262 * and it creates a new instance to store statistics in and registers this new
263 * instance for the icmp tap.
266 icmpstat_init(const char *optarg, void* userdata _U_)
268 icmpstat_t *icmpstat;
269 const char *filter = NULL;
270 GString *error_string;
272 if (strstr(optarg, "icmp,srt,"))
273 filter = optarg + strlen("icmp,srt,");
275 icmpstat = g_try_malloc(sizeof(icmpstat_t));
276 if (icmpstat == NULL) {
277 fprintf(stderr, "tshark: g_try_malloc() fatal error.\n");
280 memset(icmpstat, 0, sizeof(icmpstat_t));
281 icmpstat->min_msecs = 1.0 * G_MAXUINT;
284 icmpstat->filter = g_strdup(filter);
286 /* It is possible to create a filter and attach it to the callbacks. Then the
287 * callbacks would only be invoked if the filter matched.
289 * Evaluating filters is expensive and if we can avoid it and not use them,
290 * then we gain performance.
292 * In this case we do the filtering for protocol and version inside the
293 * callback itself but use whatever filter the user provided.
296 error_string = register_tap_listener("icmp", icmpstat, icmpstat->filter,
297 TL_REQUIRES_NOTHING, icmpstat_reset, icmpstat_packet, icmpstat_draw);
299 /* error, we failed to attach to the tap. clean up */
300 if (icmpstat->filter)
301 g_free(icmpstat->filter);
304 fprintf(stderr, "tshark: Couldn't register icmp,srt tap: %s\n",
306 g_string_free(error_string, TRUE);
313 register_tap_listener_icmpstat(void)
315 register_stat_cmd_arg("icmp,srt", icmpstat_init, NULL);