Port
In a manner similar to processes, Ports should be considered. Ports are a datatype that
encompasses all kinds of connections and sockets opened to the outside world: TCP sockets,
UDP sockets, SCTP sockets, file descriptors, and so on.
There is a general function (again, similar to processes) to count them: length(erlang:ports()) .
However, this function merges in all types of ports into a single entity. Instead, one can
use recon to get them sorted by type:
Ports也是跟Processes相类似的指标，ports是一个数据类型,他包含了连接和向外界开放的套接字：TCP 套接字,UDP套接字，SCTP套接字，文件描述符等。
有一个通用的函数(和进程数的processes()类似)来计算它们：length(erlang:ports()).但这个函数把所有的端口类型都集中在了一起，你可以使用recon的port_type来根据类型排序他们。
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1> recon:port_types().
[{"tcp_inet",21480},
{"efile",2},
{"udp_inet",2},
{"0/1",1},
{"2/2",1},
{"inet_gethost 4 ",1}]
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This list contains the types and the count for each type of port. The type name is a
string and is defined by the Erlang VM itself.
All the *_inet ports are usually sockets, where the prefix is the protocol used (TCP,
UDP, SCTP). The efile type is for files, while "0/1" and "2/2" are file descriptors for
standard I/O channels (stdin and stdout) and standard error channels (stderr), respectively.
Most other types will be given names of the driver they’re talking to, and will be
examples of port programs 14 or port drivers 15.
Again, tracking these can be useful to assess load or usage of a system, detect leaks,
and so on.
上面这个列表包含了每种类型的端口和数量。端口类型名是一个Erlang VM自己定义的字符串。
所有以XXX_inet的端口通常都是套接字，前缀就是所使用的协议(TCP,UDP,SCTP)。那个efile类型是针对文件的，"0/1" 和 "2/2" 就是对标准I/O(stdin和stdout),和错误处理stderr的文件描述符。
大多数其它的类型在与驱动(dirver)交互时被给定一个名字，会成为prot programs14或prot drivers15的参照。
和进程数一样，全程跟踪端口数Ports会对分析负载或侦察进程泄漏有极大的帮助。
[14] http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_port.html
[15] http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html
[14] http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_port.html
[15] http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html