Re: [PATCH 1/1] tidbits: net-ping: add ping tidbit using raw socket

Hannes Diethelm <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jul 2026 17:27:55 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.xenomai
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 05.07.26 um 16:57 schrieb Philippe Gerum:
> Hannes Diethelm <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> This tidbit allows to ping any host and measure the response time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Diethelm <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   tidbits/meson.build    |   6 +
>>   tidbits/oob-net-ping.c | 480 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 486 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 tidbits/oob-net-ping.c
>>
> 
> Thanks. We need this to build on 32bit systems:
> 
> --- a/tidbits/oob-net-ping.c
> +++ b/tidbits/oob-net-ping.c
> @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static size_t build_icmp_request(uint8_t *o_frame, size_t icmplen,
>   	icmphdr->checksum = cksum;
>   
>   	if (verbosity > 1) {
> -		evl_printf("ip_len=%zd, icmp_len=%zd, ip_len=%d, datalen=%ld\n",
> +		evl_printf("ip_len=%zd, icmp_len=%zd, ip_len=%d, datalen=%zu\n",
>   			   sizeof(*iphdr), sizeof(struct icmphdr),
>   			   ntohs(iphdr->ip_len), datalen);
>   		print_ip_header(iphdr);
> 
> What about turning this code into the (currently missing) 'evl-ping'
> utility? I believe it is of general interest to any user.
> 

Thanks, I will fix this.

Why not. So I would move the code in the tools place and rename it? Meanwhile,
I was continuing work, so statistics are available, ping style.

oob-ping:
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1633ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 226.8/248.3/269.9/21.6 us

ping:
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2030ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.118/0.142/0.159/0.017 ms

The only difference is, that I use us instead of ms. That could confuse some users.
What do you think, stay at us or use ms?

BTW: This is in a VM, that's the reason for the bad timing.