Web: fix packets series emitting a spurious zero point at the start

The packets series is a delta series: each point represents the change in
packets_recv/packets_sent between two consecutive samples.  The oldest
point (index 0) has no predecessor, so no meaningful delta can be computed
for it.

Previously, buildSeriesJson() started the loop at i = 0 and guarded the
delta computation with have_previous, emitting [uptime, 0, 0] for the
first sample. This spurious zero point caused several visible problems:

 - Hovering over the leftmost column of the stacked packets graph showed
   a zero-height bar with a zero tooltip.

 - The min/max range display always showed min 0 because the zero point
   was included in the range calculation.

 - oldest_age_secs (computed via buildPointValue in the first loop) was
   anchored to the zero point rather than the oldest valid delta sample.

Fix by restructuring the packets branch in buildSeriesJson: read sample 0
into previous before the loop, then start the loop at i = step. This
eliminates the zero point at the source and removes the per-iteration
have_previous check from the inner loop.

Also change buildPointValue for the packets series to return false
when previous == nullptr, consistent with error_rate.  This ensures the
first loop (which computes oldest_age_secs) no longer treats the first
sample as a valid data point.  The current-value calculation is unaffected
because it already passes an explicit previous pointer for delta series.

As a side effect, the original loop incremented emitted for the wasted
first iteration, counting it against the emitted < points limit and
causing one fewer actual point to be serialized than requested.  The
new loop only increments emitted for real iterations, correcting this
off-by-one.
This commit is contained in:
Valentin V. Bartenev
2026-05-15 23:00:15 +03:00
parent 21e396366c
commit 1018404b82
+6 -6
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@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ bool buildPointValue(const HistorySample& sample, const HistorySample* previous,
} }
if (strcmp(series, "packets") == 0) { if (strcmp(series, "packets") == 0) {
if (previous == nullptr) { if (previous == nullptr) {
value = 0; return false;
return true;
} }
const uint32_t curr_total = sample.packets_sent + sample.packets_recv; const uint32_t curr_total = sample.packets_sent + sample.packets_recv;
const uint32_t prev_total = previous->packets_sent + previous->packets_recv; const uint32_t prev_total = previous->packets_sent + previous->packets_recv;
@@ -1345,13 +1344,14 @@ bool StatsHistory::buildSeriesJson(const char* series, char* buffer, size_t buff
size_t valid_emitted = 0; size_t valid_emitted = 0;
have_previous = false; have_previous = false;
if (strcmp(series, "packets") == 0) { if (strcmp(series, "packets") == 0) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < _sample_count && emitted < points; i += step, ++emitted) { if (_sample_count >= 1 && getSampleFromOldest(0, previous)) {
for (size_t i = step; i < _sample_count && emitted < points; i += step, ++emitted) {
if (!getSampleFromOldest(i, sample)) { if (!getSampleFromOldest(i, sample)) {
break; break;
} }
const int rx = (have_previous && sample.packets_recv >= previous.packets_recv) const int rx = sample.packets_recv >= previous.packets_recv
? (int)(sample.packets_recv - previous.packets_recv) : 0; ? (int)(sample.packets_recv - previous.packets_recv) : 0;
const int tx = (have_previous && sample.packets_sent >= previous.packets_sent) const int tx = sample.packets_sent >= previous.packets_sent
? (int)(sample.packets_sent - previous.packets_sent) : 0; ? (int)(sample.packets_sent - previous.packets_sent) : 0;
offset += snprintf(&buffer[offset], buffer_size - offset, offset += snprintf(&buffer[offset], buffer_size - offset,
"%s[%lu,%d,%d]", "%s[%lu,%d,%d]",
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ bool StatsHistory::buildSeriesJson(const char* series, char* buffer, size_t buff
break; break;
} }
previous = sample; previous = sample;
have_previous = true; }
} }
} else { } else {
for (size_t i = 0; i < _sample_count && emitted < points; i += step, ++emitted) { for (size_t i = 0; i < _sample_count && emitted < points; i += step, ++emitted) {