Re: Weird stuff in 'netstat -rs'

[Liam Gudbens <xanax_(_at_)_enteract_(_dot_)_com>]

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Kjell Wooding wrote:

> >routing:
> >	0 bad routing redirects
> >	0 dynamically created routes
> >	0 new gateways due to redirects
> >	4294960290 destinations found unreachable
> >	0 uses of a wildcard route
> 
> just a guess:
> 
> from /usr/src/net/route.h:
> 
> /*
>  * Routing statistics.
>  */
> struct  rtstat {
>         short   rts_badredirect;        /* bogus redirect calls */
>         short   rts_dynamic;            /* routes created by redirects */
>         short   rts_newgateway;         /* routes modified by redirects */
>         short   rts_unreach;            /* lookups which failed */
>         short   rts_wildcard;           /* lookups satisfied by a wildcard */
> };
> 
> short = 16 bit signed, if I'm not mistaken...
> 
> the printf call in /usr/src/usr.bin/netstat/route.c does a:
> 
> printf("\t%u destination%s found unreachable\n",
>                 rtstat.rts_unreach, plural(rtstat.rts_unreach));
> 
> which is an unsigned value. 
> 
> -kj

(root)netstat>diff -u route.c.orig route.c
--- route.c.orig        Wed Feb  3 18:33:18 1999
+++ route.c     Wed Feb  3 18:33:40 1999
@@ -655,15 +655,15 @@
        }
        kread(off, (char *)&rtstat, sizeof (rtstat));
        printf("routing:\n");
-       printf("\t%u bad routing redirect%s\n",
+       printf("\t%i bad routing redirect%s\n",
                rtstat.rts_badredirect, plural(rtstat.rts_badredirect));
-       printf("\t%u dynamically created route%s\n",
+       printf("\t%i dynamically created route%s\n",
                rtstat.rts_dynamic, plural(rtstat.rts_dynamic));
-       printf("\t%u new gateway%s due to redirects\n",
+       printf("\t%i new gateway%s due to redirects\n",
                rtstat.rts_newgateway, plural(rtstat.rts_newgateway));
-       printf("\t%u destination%s found unreachable\n",
+       printf("\t%i destination%s found unreachable\n",
                rtstat.rts_unreach, plural(rtstat.rts_unreach));
-       printf("\t%u use%s of a wildcard route\n",
+       printf("\t%i use%s of a wildcard route\n",
                rtstat.rts_wildcard, plural(rtstat.rts_wildcard));

(root)netstat>./netstat -rs
routing:
        0 bad routing redirects
        0 dynamically created routes
        0 new gateways due to redirects
        -19740 destinations found unreachable
        0 uses of a wildcard route

something is still wrong...