Dear Ratboxers,

I'm a bit confused over how to read the /stats l counters. Check this output for 2 clients shortly after CLICONN:

linknick|server        sendq smsgs sbytes rmsgs rbytes timeopen
L:line xasup          :    0    82      6     4      0       17 14

linknick|server        sendq smsgs sbytes rmsgs rbytes timeopen
L:line r3             :    0    77      5     5      0       15 3

Here, it seems obvious that rmsgs tracks messages received by the server (from client), and smsgs track server messages (sent by server to client).

But, check this out:

linknick|server        sendq smsgs sbytes rmsgs rbytes timeopen
L:line Beige          :    0 11959  12916 28882    545  1315157 0

<Here I flooded client "Beige" with external clients, resulting in ~20 messages sent to Beige>

linknick|server        sendq smsgs sbytes rmsgs rbytes timeopen
L:line Beige          :    0 11961  12918 28901    545  1315193 0

The ~20 messages were now factored in rmsgs rather than the expected smsgs. Is it possible the counter logic has been accidentally mixed up between server messages, PRIVMSGs and possibly other kinds of traffic?

For clarity, I'm running:

ùíù ircd-ratbox-2.2.3(20060723_1-22931).: irc.eversible.com egGIKMpZ TS6ow 0FF

Best Regards,

Thomas

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  Thomas M. Carlsson, Researcher
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