Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4234] stats_tree --> support floating point counts
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4234
--- Comment #4 from sangaran <s.sampanthan@xxxxxxxxx> 2010-04-03 13:17:06 PDT ---
Changing the stats_tree module to use a gfloat instead of a gint counter has
been very useful in our lab:
(1) For large counts on a given node, the floating point arithmetic would
automatically accommodate the size (at the cost of precision). EX: One could
write a stats_tree plugin that counts the volume of UDP vs. TCP traffic in
bytes as opposed to packets -- this is a count that can get very large very
fast.
(2) For proprietary protocols that have TLV's with floating point values, the
stats_tree module can be used display statistics on these values. EX:
Displaying the average power and timing adjustments in WiMAX RNG-RSP packets
per CID.
This change is lite and probably seamless for other WireShark users and plugin
developers.
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