From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lf1-x132.google.com (mail-lf1-x132.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::132]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21EE13858D38 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:01:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 21EE13858D38 Received: by mail-lf1-x132.google.com with SMTP id k17so2511258lfg.3 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:01:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=NONrxZ20rbS1ChEHjsOdB2d23Yp+v+c/Xnh/wDxmD/w=; b=gEg7t9SNgAXy9M9bfzemVw0pqPm6AtitQHWVbN6a051JGbWRVagDlLTW+iuNDRbJpV b1dh2J5Mc+eULkkxwrtVRpat6GkhjWFihKaQn0Exs/V8R7vNDDwdbAVPeXh0wdzi0gVm I1A4lWb0z9kJQMR8P2kaSJeWmLfFW8jVIZ55ZIUowFaSvq9XDkxglqpCKqXvJrNu8yHd 0RuERqZWwVKvwoJx26eDvAiafJaXClZYd+xvOseu2891n6jNthBE62GePmKvPnvkvlBI gzavpeJiMz7CjzHrA9652ozdBaBh1P3QPmH3wjZzXGx2iMP2XlwulbYX6z/1/XKY9pNk j7Nw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532ycQJU5O7N1Am5J95Y0zAdJsoYzkb+gLFU/SWZdKaXxUx9KnzN rZKhqffaZ6VIYH1vuh1acYKBwL+egjCvLBvmuIUPvYES X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxguN0U8jQ2NNMXmqjL5nEXHwTBlKKmMyDnh2zh0gMgyjYvDHzp+vNNWoA7+LOQ/EJDWi5adjLFOfgfjOW4A78= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:281:: with SMTP id j1mr1041032lfp.214.1594872103254; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:01:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Lee Eric Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:01:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Question about udp.sendmsg / udp.recvmsg To: systemtap@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: systemtap@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Systemtap mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:01:46 -0000 Hi, I have a quick question about what udp.sendmsg captures. I wrote a small script to capture all processes are sending / receiving UDP packets: #!/usr/bin/env stap probe udp.sendmsg { printf("Req - time: [%s] pid: [%d] cmd: [%s] %s:%d => %s:%d\n", ctime(gettimeofday_s()), pid(), execname(), saddr, sport, daddr, dport) } probe udp.recvmsg { printf("Resp - time: [%s] pid: [%d] cmd: [%s] %s:%d => %s:%d\n", ctime(gettimeofday_s()), pid(), execname(), daddr, dport, saddr, sport) } So I also triggered tcpdump to capture UDP traffic. I noticed the systemtap shows some udp.sendmsg / udp.recvmsg probes are triggered but there's no request on tcpdump side. So what possible reason can cause this behavior? Is that normal? Thanks. Eric