From aaacdfd5704de644638063c0be2885303a1e1e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nogah Frankel Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ifstat: Add xstat to ifstat man page Add documentation about the extended statistics to the ifstat man page. Add ifstat man age to the man8 Makefile Signed-off-by: Nogah Frankel Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko --- man/man8/Makefile | 3 ++- man/man8/ifstat.8 | 12 +++++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/Makefile b/man/man8/Makefile index 77d347ca..bc2fc813 100644 --- a/man/man8/Makefile +++ b/man/man8/Makefile @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ MAN8PAGES = $(TARGETS) ip.8 arpd.8 lnstat.8 routel.8 rtacct.8 rtmon.8 rtpr.8 ss. tc-connmark.8 tc-csum.8 tc-mirred.8 tc-nat.8 tc-pedit.8 tc-police.8 \ tc-simple.8 tc-skbedit.8 tc-vlan.8 tc-xt.8 tc-ife.8 \ tc-tunnel_key.8 \ - devlink.8 devlink-dev.8 devlink-monitor.8 devlink-port.8 devlink-sb.8 + devlink.8 devlink-dev.8 devlink-monitor.8 devlink-port.8 devlink-sb.8 \ + ifstat.8 all: $(TARGETS) diff --git a/man/man8/ifstat.8 b/man/man8/ifstat.8 index e49d8680..3ba0088d 100644 --- a/man/man8/ifstat.8 +++ b/man/man8/ifstat.8 @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ifstat \- handy utility to read network interface statistics The utility keeps records of the previous data displayed in history files and by default only shows difference between the last and the current call. Location of the history files defaults to /tmp/.ifstat.u$UID but may be -overridden with the IFSTAT_HISTORY environment variable. +overridden with the IFSTAT_HISTORY environment variable. Similarly, the default +location for xstat (extended stats) is /tmp/._ifstat.u$UID. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-h, \-\-help @@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ Report average over the last SECS seconds. .TP .B \-z, \-\-zeros Show entries with zero activity. +.TP +.B \-x, \-\-extended=TYPE +Show extended stats of TYPE. Supported types are: + +.in +8 +.B cpu_hits +- Counts only packets that went via the CPU. +.in -8 + .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B IFSTAT_HISTORY