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Questions about dropped KTAP packets

Troubleshooting


Problem

In the KTAP dropped report some traffic is being dropped. In the buff usage monitor report 'nondb-sql' traffic is being captured.
EXAMPLE:
From the ktap_stat.log, seeing there are packets dropped by KTAP:
----- /usr/local/guardium/modules/STAP/11.3.0.0_r110195_1-1632231477/../../..//modules/KTAP/11.3.0.0_r110195_1-1632231477/guard_ktap_stat get /dev/ktap_110195 -----
KTAP Version 11.3.0.0_r110195_v11_3_1
Number of KTAP buffer 1
buffer 0:
    total packets so far = 72507082
    total 0-16 bytes packets so far = 6994901
    total 16-4k bytes packets so far = 54798377
    total 4k-16k bytes packets so far = 2096974
    total 16k-32k bytes packets so far = 0
    total 32k+ bytes packets so far = 8616208
    total packet drops so far = 928025
    priority packet drops so far = 441856

    total bytes  so far = 3794115130
    total bytes dropped so far = 402526379
    items in queue = 3
    total buffer init = 0
free requests = 128
maximum concurrent requests = 128
khash entry count = 6619
ioctl requests = 0
time since last reset in seconds = 198592
ktap buffer size = 4194304
ktap started = 1
stap_logs.log
2022.12.16 00:11:08  xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0, 1: Not enough space in the S-TAP buffer!!
snif_nanny_messages.txt.

no segfaults found sniffer did not crash.
Not seeing where sniffer was restarting...Doesn't appear anything wrong on the sniffer side...

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Modified date:
09 August 2023

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