json-stream: UDP misleading / bad reporting on end packet

[rytiszig]

Iper Version

iperf 3.17.1 (cJSON 1.7.15)

Problem

Different key names / different keys in end json. In tcp i see only sum_received / sum_sent. In udp I also see sum key with is not clear for what purpose. Also sender information is mixed in UDP mode.

TCP keys

$ iperf3 -c spc1  -t1  --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end")|.data|keys'
[
  "cpu_utilization_percent",
  "receiver_tcp_congestion",
  "sender_tcp_congestion",
  "streams",
  "sum_received",
  "sum_sent"
]

UDP keys

iperf3 -c spc1  -u -b 2G  -t1  --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end")|.data|keys'
[
  "cpu_utilization_percent",
  "streams",
  "sum",
  "sum_received",
  "sum_sent"
]

TCP sender

iperf3 -c spc1  -t1   --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": null,
    "bits_per_second": null
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1269823821.06185
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1296456879.8836708
  }
}

UDP sender

iperf3 -c spc1  -t1 -u -b 2G  --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1997990120.9538348
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1671880802.3470123
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1997990120.9538348
  }
}

[swlars]

Thank you for the bug report! It does look like "sum" should be removed from UDP, as it was in TCP. We're a little unclear on what you meant by "sender information is mixed in UDP mode." Do you mean the number of bits per second is reported incorrectly for sender and receiver?

[rytiszig]

No i meant direction (.sender flag) was incorrect in UDP case.
Traffic was generated to spc1 in both cases (no -R flag). So .sender flags should be true like in TCP case.

[rytiszig]

Here more examples hope this will make more clear. In TCP direction (.sender) reports correct state. However in UDP only in "sum" object report correct state.

TCP

iperf3 -c spc1 -t1 --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": null,
    "bits_per_second": null
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1439884257.097405
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1470496286.6561515
  }
}

TCP Reversed

iperf3 -c spc1 -t1 -R --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": null,
    "bits_per_second": null
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1514642947.6901867
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1524969078.3049507
  }
}

UDP

iperf3 -c spc1  -t1 -u -b 2G  --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1998962266.3580604
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1616139545.6026447
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1998962266.3580604
  }
}

UDP Reversed

iperf3 -c spc1 -t1 -u -b 2G -R --json-stream | jq 'select(.event=="end") | .data | {sum: {sender: .sum.sender, bits_per_second: .sum.bits_per_second}, sum_received: {sender: .sum_received.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_received.bits_per_second}, sum_sent: {sender: .sum_sent.sender, bits_per_second: .sum_sent.bits_per_second}}'
{
  "sum": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1999547778.939142
  },
  "sum_received": {
    "sender": false,
    "bits_per_second": 1704701869.0683227
  },
  "sum_sent": {
    "sender": true,
    "bits_per_second": 1999547778.939142
  }
}