"netstat -m" and sendfile(2) statistics in STABLE

[Alfred Perlstein]

* Mike Silbersack <silby at silby.com> [040617 23:20] wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Igor Sysoev wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I read objections in cvs-all@ about netstat's output after MFC
> >of sendfile(2) statistics.
> >
> >How about "netstat -ms" ?
> >
> >Right now this switch combination is treated as simple "-m" in both -STABLE
> >and -CURRENT.
> >
> >
> >Igor Sysoev
> >http://sysoev.ru/en/
> 
> I would prefer that sfbufs statistics either be kept in netstat -m, OR 
> added to an entirely different program (perhaps vmstat).  Making yet 
> another netstat flag just because we're scared of confusing users is a 
> noble compromise, but will in the end just make things more confusing.

I was going to suggest vmstat now that sfbufs are used for so many
other things than just "sendfile bufs".

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