Chapter 10. Networking Tapset

Table of Contents

probe::netdev.receive - Data received from network device.
probe::netdev.transmit - Network device transmitting buffer
probe::netdev.change_mtu - Called when the netdev MTU is changed
probe::netdev.open - Called when the device is opened
probe::netdev.close - Called when the device is closed
probe::netdev.hard_transmit - Called when the devices is going to TX (hard)
probe::netdev.rx - Called when the device is going to receive a packet
probe::netdev.change_rx_flag - Called when the device RX flag will be changed
probe::netdev.set_promiscuity - Called when the device enters/leaves promiscuity
probe::netdev.ioctl - Called when the device suffers an IOCTL
probe::netdev.register - Called when the device is registered
probe::netdev.unregister - Called when the device is being unregistered
probe::netdev.get_stats - Called when someone asks the device statistics
probe::netdev.change_mac - Called when the netdev_name has the MAC changed
probe::tcp.sendmsg - Sending a tcp message
probe::tcp.sendmsg.return - Sending TCP message is done
probe::tcp.recvmsg - Receiving TCP message
probe::tcp.recvmsg.return - Receiving TCP message complete
probe::tcp.disconnect - TCP socket disconnection
probe::tcp.disconnect.return - TCP socket disconnection complete
probe::tcp.setsockopt - Call to setsockopt
probe::tcp.setsockopt.return - Return from setsockopt
probe::tcp.receive - Called when a TCP packet is received
probe::udp.sendmsg - Fires whenever a process sends a UDP message
probe::udp.sendmsg.return - Fires whenever an attempt to send a UDP message is completed
probe::udp.recvmsg - Fires whenever a UDP message is received
probe::udp.recvmsg.return - Fires whenever an attempt to receive a UDP message received is completed
probe::udp.disconnect - Fires when a process requests for a UDP disconnection
probe::udp.disconnect.return - UDP has been disconnected successfully
function::ip_ntop - returns a string representation from an integer IP number

This family of probe points is used to probe the activities of the network device and protocol layers.