Values reported via sysctl as statistics should be so flagged to allow tests, etc. to use the '-W' flag to differentiate such values (and that they are expected to change often).
Initially reported via Dell testing in Azure using a test wrapper around sysctl -aW (pre and post test lists) with the following sysctl's changing/needing to be statistics:
dev.hn.0.csum_ip
dev.hn.0.csum_tcp
dev.hn.0.csum_udp
dev.hn.0.rx.0.packets
dev.hn.0.rx.0.rss_pkts
dev.hn.0.rx.1.packets
dev.hn.0.rx.1.rss_pkts
dev.hn.0.rx.2.packets
dev.hn.0.rx.2.rss_pkts
dev.hn.0.rx.3.packets
dev.hn.0.rx.3.rss_pkts
dev.hn.0.small_pkts
dev.hn.1.csum_ip
dev.hn.1.csum_tcp
dev.hn.1.rx.0.packets
dev.hn.1.rx.0.rss_pkts
dev.hn.1.rx.1.packets
dev.hn.1.rx.1.rss_pkts
dev.hn.1.rx.2.packets
dev.hn.1.rx.2.rss_pkts
dev.hn.1.rx.3.packets
dev.hn.1.rx.3.rss_pkts
dev.hn.1.small_pkts
dev.storvsc.0.data_bio_cnt
dev.storvsc.0.data_vaddr_cnt
dev.storvsc.3.data_bio_cnt
Running on a desktop Hyper-V node on a freshly installed FreeBSD 14 iso (see Test Plan) showed:
Fri Apr 30 10:26:33 PDT 2021
6c6
< dev.hn.0.small_pkts: 49570
dev.hn.0.small_pkts: 50161
9,10c9,10
< dev.hn.0.csum_tcp: 264975
< dev.hn.0.csum_ip: 265096
dev.hn.0.csum_tcp: 265580
dev.hn.0.csum_ip: 265701
16,18c16,18
< dev.hn.0.lro_tried: 264975
< dev.hn.0.lro_flushed: 237314
< dev.hn.0.lro_queued: 264920
dev.hn.0.lro_tried: 265580
dev.hn.0.lro_flushed: 237918
dev.hn.0.lro_queued: 265525
21,22c21,22
< dev.hn.0.rx.3.rss_pkts: 3066
< dev.hn.0.rx.3.packets: 3066
dev.hn.0.rx.3.rss_pkts: 3067
dev.hn.0.rx.3.packets: 3067
29,30c29,30
< dev.hn.0.rx.1.rss_pkts: 51572
< dev.hn.0.rx.1.packets: 51572
dev.hn.0.rx.1.rss_pkts: 52176
dev.hn.0.rx.1.packets: 52176
38,39c38,39
< dev.hn.0.tx_chimney_tried: 232450
< dev.hn.0.tx_chimney: 232450
dev.hn.0.tx_chimney_tried: 233578
dev.hn.0.tx_chimney: 233578
45,46c45,46
< dev.hn.0.tx.3.sends: 2983
< dev.hn.0.tx.3.packets: 3305
dev.hn.0.tx.3.sends: 2984
dev.hn.0.tx.3.packets: 3306
49,50c49,50
< dev.hn.0.tx.1.sends: 79443
< dev.hn.0.tx.1.packets: 82032
dev.hn.0.tx.1.sends: 80570
dev.hn.0.tx.1.packets: 83214
57c57
< dev.storvsc.0.data_vaddr_cnt: 147766
dev.storvsc.0.data_vaddr_cnt: 150603