Merging upstream version 1.11.0+dfsg.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

7 files changed, 2594 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/Makefile.am b/collectors/tc.plugin/Makefile.am
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diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/Makefile.in b/collectors/tc.plugin/Makefile.in
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+	if sed \
+		-e 's#[@]localstatedir_POST@#$(localstatedir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]sbindir_POST@#$(sbindir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]sysconfdir_POST@#$(sysconfdir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]pythondir_POST@#$(pythondir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]configdir_POST@#$(configdir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]libconfigdir_POST@#$(libconfigdir)#g' \
+		-e 's#[@]cachedir_POST@#$(cachedir)#g' \
+		$< > $@.tmp; then \
+		mv "$@.tmp" "$@"; \
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+		rm -f "$@.tmp"; \
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diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/README.md b/collectors/tc.plugin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6670c491f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/tc.plugin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+## tc.plugin
+
+Live demo - **[see it in action here](https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_tc)** !
+
+![qos](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2662304/14439411/b7f36254-0033-11e6-93f0-c739bb6a1c3a.gif)
+
+Netdata monitors `tc` QoS classes for all interfaces.
+
+If you also use [FireQOS](http://firehol.org/tutorial/fireqos-new-user/) it will collect
+interface and class names.
+
+There is a [shell helper](tc-qos-helper.sh.in) for this (all parsing is done by the plugin
+in `C` code - this shell script is just a configuration for the command to run to get `tc` output).
+
+The source of the tc plugin is [here](plugin_tc.c). It is somewhat complex, because a state
+machine was needed to keep track of all the `tc` classes, including the pseudo classes tc
+dynamically creates.
+
+## Motivation
+
+One category of metrics missing in Linux monitoring, is bandwidth consumption for each open
+socket (inbound and outbound traffic). So, you cannot tell how much bandwidth your web server,
+your database server, your backup, your ssh sessions, etc are using.
+
+To solve this problem, the most *adventurous* Linux monitoring tools install kernel modules to
+capture all traffic, analyze it and provide reports per application. A lot of work, CPU intensive
+and with a great degree of risk (due to the kernel modules involved which might affect the
+stability of the whole system). Not to mention that such solutions are probably better suited
+for a core linux router in your network.
+
+Others use NFACCT, the netfilter accounting module which is already part of the Linux firewall.
+However, this would require configuring a firewall on every system you want to measure bandwidth.
+
+QoS monitoring attempts to solve this in a much cleaner way.
+
+## Introduction to QoS
+
+One of the features the Linux kernel has, but it is rarely used, is its ability to
+**apply QoS on traffic**. Even most interesting is that it can apply QoS to **both inbound and
+outbound traffic**.
+
+QoS is about 2 features:
+
+1. **Classify traffic**
+
+   Classification is the process of organizing traffic in groups, called **classes**.
+   Classification can evaluate every aspect of network packets, like source and destination ports,
+   source and destination IPs, netfilter marks, etc.
+
+   When you classify traffic, you just assign a label to it. For example **I call `web server`
+   traffic, the traffic from my server's tcp/80, tcp/443 and to my server's tcp/80, tcp/443,
+   while I call `web surfing` all other tcp/80 and tcp/443 traffic**. You can use any combinations
+   you like. There is no limit.
+
+2. **Apply traffic shaping rules to these classes**
+
+   Traffic shaping is used to control how network interface bandwidth should be shared among the
+   classes. Of course we are not interested for this feature to just monitor the traffic.
+   Classification will be enough for monitoring everything.
+
+The key reasons of applying QoS on all servers (even cloud ones) are:
+
+   - **ensure administrative tasks (like ssh, dns, etc) will always have a small but guaranteed
+      bandwidth.** QoS can guarantee that services like ssh, dns, ntp, etc will always have a small
+      supply of bandwidth. So, no matter what happens, you will be able to ssh to your server and
+      DNS will always work.
+
+   - **ensure other administrative tasks will not monopolize all the available bandwidth.**
+      Services like backups, file copies, database dumps, etc can easily monopolize all the
+      available bandwidth. It is common for example a nightly backup, or a huge file transfer
+      to negatively influence the end-user experience. QoS can fix that.
+
+   - **ensure each end-user connection will get a fair cut of the available bandwidth.**
+      Several QoS queuing disciplines in Linux do this automatically, without any configuration from you.
+      The result is that new sockets are favored over older ones, so that users will get a snappier
+      experience, while others are transferring large amounts of traffic.
+   
+   - **protect the servers from DDoS attacks.**
+      When your system is under a DDoS attack, it will get a lot more bandwidth compared to the one it
+      can handle and probably your applications will crash. Setting a limit on the inbound traffic using
+      QoS, will protect your servers (throttle the requests) and depending on the size of the attack may
+      allow your legitimate users to access the server, while the attack is taking place.
+
+
+Once **traffic classification** is applied, netdata can visualize the bandwidth consumption per
+class in real-time (no configuration is needed for netdata - it will figure it out).
+
+QoS, is extremely light. You will configure it once, and this is it. It will not bother you again
+and it will not use any noticeable CPU resources, especially on application and database servers.
+
+## QoS in Linux? Have you lost your mind?
+
+Yes I know... but no, I have not!
+
+Of course, `tc` is probably **the most undocumented, complicated and unfriendly** command in Linux. 
+
+For example, for matching a simple port range in `tc`, e.g. all the high ports, from 1025 to 65535
+inclusive, you have to match these:
+
+```
+1025/0xffff 1026/0xfffe 1028/0xfffc  1032/0xfff8  1040/0xfff0
+1056/0xffe0 1088/0xffc0 1152/0xff80  1280/0xff00  1536/0xfe00
+2048/0xf800 4096/0xf000 8192/0xe000 16384/0xc000 32768/0x8000
+```
+
+I know what you are thinking right now! **And I agree!**
+
+This is why I wrote **[FireQOS](https://firehol.org/tutorial/fireqos-new-user/)**, a tool to
+simplify QoS management in Linux.
+
+The **[FireHOL](https://firehol.org/)** package already distributes **[FireQOS](https://firehol.org/tutorial/fireqos-new-user/)**.
+Check the **[FireQOS tutorial](https://firehol.org/tutorial/fireqos-new-user/)**
+to learn how to write your own QoS configuration.
+
+With **[FireQOS](https://firehol.org/tutorial/fireqos-new-user/)**, it is **really simple for everyone
+to use QoS in Linux**. Just install the package `firehol`. It should already be available for your
+distribution. If not, check the **[FireHOL Installation Guide](https://firehol.org/installing/)**.
+After that, you will have the `fireqos` command.
+
+This is the file `/etc/firehol/fireqos.conf` we use at the netdata demo site:
+
+```sh
+    # configure the netdata ports
+    server_netdata_ports="tcp/19999"
+
+    interface eth0 world bidirectional ethernet balanced rate 50Mbit
+       class arp
+          match arp
+
+       class icmp
+          match icmp
+
+       class dns commit 1Mbit
+          server dns
+          client dns
+
+       class ntp
+          server ntp
+          client ntp
+
+       class ssh commit 2Mbit
+          server ssh
+          client ssh
+
+       class rsync commit 2Mbit max 10Mbit
+          server rsync
+          client rsync
+
+       class web_server commit 40Mbit
+          server http
+          server netdata
+
+       class client
+          client surfing
+
+       class nms commit 1Mbit
+          match input src 10.2.3.5
+```
+
+Nothing more is needed. You just run `fireqos start` to apply this configuration, restart netdata
+and you have real-time visualization of the bandwidth consumption of your applications. FireQOS is
+not a daemon. It will just convert the configuration to `tc` commands. It will run them and it will
+exit.
+
+**IMPORTANT**: If you copy this configuration to apply it to your system, please adapt the
+speeds - experiment in non-production environments to learn the tool, before applying it on
+your servers.
+
+And this is what you are going to get:
+
+![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2662304/14436322/c91d90a4-0024-11e6-9fb1-57cdef1580df.png)
+
+---
+
+## More examples:
+
+This is QoS from a linux router. Check these features:
+
+1. It is real-time (per second updates)
+2. QoS really works in Linux - check that the `background` traffic is squeezed when `surfing` needs it.
+
+![test2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2662304/14093004/68966020-f553-11e5-98fe-ffee2086fafd.gif)
+
diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.c b/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083cc2986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1168 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#include "plugin_tc.h"
+
+#define RRD_TYPE_TC "tc"
+#define PLUGIN_TC_NAME "tc.plugin"
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// /sbin/tc processor
+// this requires the script plugins.d/tc-qos-helper.sh
+
+#define TC_LINE_MAX 1024
+
+struct tc_class {
+    avl avl;
+
+    char *id;
+    uint32_t hash;
+
+    char *name;
+
+    char *leafid;
+    uint32_t leaf_hash;
+
+    char *parentid;
+    uint32_t parent_hash;
+
+    char hasparent;
+    char isleaf;
+    char isqdisc;
+    char render;
+
+    unsigned long long bytes;
+    unsigned long long packets;
+    unsigned long long dropped;
+    unsigned long long overlimits;
+    unsigned long long requeues;
+    unsigned long long lended;
+    unsigned long long borrowed;
+    unsigned long long giants;
+    unsigned long long tokens;
+    unsigned long long ctokens;
+
+    RRDDIM *rd_bytes;
+    RRDDIM *rd_packets;
+    RRDDIM *rd_dropped;
+    RRDDIM *rd_tokens;
+    RRDDIM *rd_ctokens;
+
+    char name_updated;
+    char updated;   // updated bytes
+    int  unupdated; // the number of times, this has been found un-updated
+
+    struct tc_class *next;
+    struct tc_class *prev;
+};
+
+struct tc_device {
+    avl avl;
+
+    char *id;
+    uint32_t hash;
+
+    char *name;
+    char *family;
+
+    char name_updated;
+    char family_updated;
+
+    char enabled;
+    char enabled_bytes;
+    char enabled_packets;
+    char enabled_dropped;
+    char enabled_tokens;
+    char enabled_ctokens;
+    char enabled_all_classes_qdiscs;
+
+    RRDSET *st_bytes;
+    RRDSET *st_packets;
+    RRDSET *st_dropped;
+    RRDSET *st_tokens;
+    RRDSET *st_ctokens;
+
+    avl_tree classes_index;
+
+    struct tc_class *classes;
+    struct tc_class *last_class;
+
+    struct tc_device *next;
+    struct tc_device *prev;
+};
+
+
+struct tc_device *tc_device_root = NULL;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// tc_device index
+
+static int tc_device_compare(void* a, void* b) {
+    if(((struct tc_device *)a)->hash < ((struct tc_device *)b)->hash) return -1;
+    else if(((struct tc_device *)a)->hash > ((struct tc_device *)b)->hash) return 1;
+    else return strcmp(((struct tc_device *)a)->id, ((struct tc_device *)b)->id);
+}
+
+avl_tree tc_device_root_index = {
+        NULL,
+        tc_device_compare
+};
+
+#define tc_device_index_add(st) (struct tc_device *)avl_insert(&tc_device_root_index, (avl *)(st))
+#define tc_device_index_del(st) (struct tc_device *)avl_remove(&tc_device_root_index, (avl *)(st))
+
+static inline struct tc_device *tc_device_index_find(const char *id, uint32_t hash) {
+    struct tc_device tmp;
+    tmp.id = (char *)id;
+    tmp.hash = (hash)?hash:simple_hash(tmp.id);
+
+    return (struct tc_device *)avl_search(&(tc_device_root_index), (avl *)&tmp);
+}
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// tc_class index
+
+static int tc_class_compare(void* a, void* b) {
+    if(((struct tc_class *)a)->hash < ((struct tc_class *)b)->hash) return -1;
+    else if(((struct tc_class *)a)->hash > ((struct tc_class *)b)->hash) return 1;
+    else return strcmp(((struct tc_class *)a)->id, ((struct tc_class *)b)->id);
+}
+
+#define tc_class_index_add(st, rd) (struct tc_class *)avl_insert(&((st)->classes_index), (avl *)(rd))
+#define tc_class_index_del(st, rd) (struct tc_class *)avl_remove(&((st)->classes_index), (avl *)(rd))
+
+static inline struct tc_class *tc_class_index_find(struct tc_device *st, const char *id, uint32_t hash) {
+    struct tc_class tmp;
+    tmp.id = (char *)id;
+    tmp.hash = (hash)?hash:simple_hash(tmp.id);
+
+    return (struct tc_class *)avl_search(&(st->classes_index), (avl *) &tmp);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static inline void tc_class_free(struct tc_device *n, struct tc_class *c) {
+    if(c == n->classes) {
+        if(likely(c->next))
+            n->classes = c->next;
+        else
+            n->classes = c->prev;
+    }
+
+    if(c == n->last_class) {
+        if(unlikely(c->next))
+            n->last_class = c->next;
+        else
+            n->last_class = c->prev;
+    }
+
+    if(c->next) c->next->prev = c->prev;
+    if(c->prev) c->prev->next = c->next;
+
+    debug(D_TC_LOOP, "Removing from device '%s' class '%s', parentid '%s', leafid '%s', unused=%d", n->id, c->id, c->parentid?c->parentid:"", c->leafid?c->leafid:"", c->unupdated);
+
+    if(unlikely(tc_class_index_del(n, c) != c))
+        error("plugin_tc: INTERNAL ERROR: attempt remove class '%s' from device '%s': removed a different calls", c->id, n->id);
+
+    freez(c->id);
+    freez(c->name);
+    freez(c->leafid);
+    freez(c->parentid);
+    freez(c);
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_classes_cleanup(struct tc_device *d) {
+    static int cleanup_every = 999;
+
+    if(unlikely(cleanup_every > 0)) {
+        cleanup_every = (int) config_get_number("plugin:tc", "cleanup unused classes every", 120);
+        if(cleanup_every < 0) cleanup_every = -cleanup_every;
+    }
+
+    d->name_updated = 0;
+    d->family_updated = 0;
+
+    struct tc_class *c = d->classes;
+    while(c) {
+        if(unlikely(cleanup_every && c->unupdated >= cleanup_every)) {
+            struct tc_class *nc = c->next;
+            tc_class_free(d, c);
+            c = nc;
+        }
+        else {
+            c->updated = 0;
+            c->name_updated = 0;
+
+            c = c->next;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_commit(struct tc_device *d) {
+    static int enable_new_interfaces = -1, enable_bytes = -1, enable_packets = -1, enable_dropped = -1, enable_tokens = -1, enable_ctokens = -1, enabled_all_classes_qdiscs = -1;
+
+    if(unlikely(enable_new_interfaces == -1)) {
+        enable_new_interfaces      = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable new interfaces detected at runtime", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES);
+        enable_bytes               = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable traffic charts for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO);
+        enable_packets             = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable packets charts for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO);
+        enable_dropped             = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable dropped charts for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO);
+        enable_tokens              = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable tokens charts for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO);
+        enable_ctokens             = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable ctokens charts for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO);
+        enabled_all_classes_qdiscs = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", "enable show all classes and qdiscs for all interfaces", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO);
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(d->enabled == (char)-1)) {
+        char var_name[CONFIG_MAX_NAME + 1];
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "qos for %s", d->id);
+
+        d->enabled                    = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_new_interfaces);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "traffic chart for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_bytes              = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_bytes);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "packets chart for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_packets            = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_packets);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "dropped packets chart for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_dropped            = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_dropped);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "tokens chart for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_tokens             = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_tokens);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "ctokens chart for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_ctokens            = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enable_ctokens);
+
+        snprintfz(var_name, CONFIG_MAX_NAME, "show all classes for %s", d->id);
+        d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs = (char)config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:tc", var_name, enabled_all_classes_qdiscs);
+    }
+
+    // we only need to add leaf classes
+    struct tc_class *c, *x /*, *root = NULL */;
+    unsigned long long bytes_sum = 0, packets_sum = 0, dropped_sum = 0, tokens_sum = 0, ctokens_sum = 0;
+    int active_nodes = 0, updated_classes = 0, updated_qdiscs = 0;
+
+    // prepare all classes
+    // we set reasonable defaults for the rest of the code below
+
+    for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+        c->render = 0;          // do not render this class
+
+        c->isleaf = 1;          // this is a leaf class
+        c->hasparent = 0;       // without a parent
+
+        if(unlikely(!c->updated))
+            c->unupdated++;     // increase its unupdated counter
+        else {
+            c->unupdated = 0;   // reset its unupdated counter
+
+            // count how many of each kind
+            if(c->isqdisc)
+                updated_qdiscs++;
+            else
+                updated_classes++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(!d->enabled || (!updated_classes && !updated_qdiscs))) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Ignoring TC device '%s'. It is not enabled/updated.", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+        tc_device_classes_cleanup(d);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(updated_classes && updated_qdiscs)) {
+        error("TC: device '%s' has active both classes (%d) and qdiscs (%d). Will render only qdiscs.", d->id, updated_classes, updated_qdiscs);
+
+        // set all classes to !updated
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next)
+            if(unlikely(!c->isqdisc && c->updated))
+                c->updated = 0;
+
+        updated_classes = 0;
+    }
+
+    // mark the classes as leafs and parents
+    //
+    // TC is hierarchical:
+    //  - classes can have other classes in them
+    //  - the same is true for qdiscs (i.e. qdiscs have classes, that have other qdiscs)
+    //
+    // we need to present a chart with leaf nodes only, so that the sum
+    // of all dimensions of the chart, will be the total utilization
+    // of the interface.
+    //
+    // here we try to find the ones we need to report
+    // by default all nodes are marked with: isleaf = 1 (see above)
+    //
+    // so, here we remove the isleaf flag from nodes in the middle
+    // and we add the hasparent flag to leaf nodes we found their parent
+    if(likely(!d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs)) {
+        for(c = d->classes; c; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->updated)) continue;
+
+            //debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: In device '%s', %s '%s'  has leafid: '%s' and parentid '%s'.",
+            //    d->id,
+            //    c->isqdisc?"qdisc":"class",
+            //    c->id,
+            //    c->leafid?c->leafid:"NULL",
+            //    c->parentid?c->parentid:"NULL");
+
+            // find if c is leaf or not
+            for(x = d->classes; x; x = x->next) {
+                if(unlikely(!x->updated || c == x || !x->parentid)) continue;
+
+                // classes have both parentid and leafid
+                // qdiscs have only parentid
+                // the following works for both (it is an OR)
+
+                if((c->hash == x->parent_hash && strcmp(c->id, x->parentid) == 0) ||
+                   (c->leafid && c->leaf_hash == x->parent_hash && strcmp(c->leafid, x->parentid) == 0)) {
+                    // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: In device '%s', %s '%s' (leafid: '%s') has as leaf %s '%s' (parentid: '%s').", d->name?d->name:d->id, c->isqdisc?"qdisc":"class", c->name?c->name:c->id, c->leafid?c->leafid:c->id, x->isqdisc?"qdisc":"class", x->name?x->name:x->id, x->parentid?x->parentid:x->id);
+                    c->isleaf = 0;
+                    x->hasparent = 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+        if(unlikely(!c->updated)) continue;
+
+        // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: device '%s', %s '%s' isleaf=%d, hasparent=%d", d->id, (c->isqdisc)?"qdisc":"class", c->id, c->isleaf, c->hasparent);
+
+        if(unlikely((c->isleaf && c->hasparent) || d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs)) {
+            c->render = 1;
+            active_nodes++;
+            bytes_sum += c->bytes;
+            packets_sum += c->packets;
+            dropped_sum += c->dropped;
+            tokens_sum += c->tokens;
+            ctokens_sum += c->ctokens;
+        }
+
+        //if(unlikely(!c->hasparent)) {
+        //    if(root) error("TC: multiple root class/qdisc for device '%s' (old: '%s', new: '%s')", d->id, root->id, c->id);
+        //    root = c;
+        //    debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: found root class/qdisc '%s'", root->id);
+        //}
+    }
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
+    // dump all the list to see what we know
+
+    if(unlikely(debug_flags & D_TC_LOOP)) {
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(c->render) debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: final nodes dump for '%s': class %s, OK", d->name, c->id);
+            else debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: final nodes dump for '%s': class %s, IGNORE (updated: %d, isleaf: %d, hasparent: %d, parent: %s)", d->name?d->name:d->id, c->id, c->updated, c->isleaf, c->hasparent, c->parentid?c->parentid:"(unset)");
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if(unlikely(!active_nodes)) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Ignoring TC device '%s'. No useful classes/qdiscs.", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+        tc_device_classes_cleanup(d);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: evaluating TC device '%s'. enabled = %d/%d (bytes: %d/%d, packets: %d/%d, dropped: %d/%d, tokens: %d/%d, ctokens: %d/%d, all_classes_qdiscs: %d/%d), classes: (bytes = %llu, packets = %llu, dropped = %llu, tokens = %llu, ctokens = %llu).",
+        d->name?d->name:d->id,
+        d->enabled, enable_new_interfaces,
+        d->enabled_bytes, enable_bytes,
+        d->enabled_packets, enable_packets,
+        d->enabled_dropped, enable_dropped,
+        d->enabled_tokens, enable_tokens,
+        d->enabled_ctokens, enable_ctokens,
+        d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs, enabled_all_classes_qdiscs,
+        bytes_sum,
+        packets_sum,
+        dropped_sum,
+        tokens_sum,
+        ctokens_sum
+        );
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // bytes
+
+    if(d->enabled_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES || (d->enabled_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && bytes_sum)) {
+        d->enabled_bytes = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+        if(unlikely(!d->st_bytes))
+            d->st_bytes = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    RRD_TYPE_TC
+                    , d->id
+                    , d->name ? d->name : d->id
+                    , d->family ? d->family : d->id
+                    , RRD_TYPE_TC ".qos"
+                    , "Class Usage"
+                    , "kilobits/s"
+                    , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                    , NULL
+                    , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_TC_QOS
+                    , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                    , d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs ? RRDSET_TYPE_LINE : RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        else {
+            rrdset_next(d->st_bytes);
+            if(unlikely(d->name_updated)) rrdset_set_name(d->st_bytes, d->name);
+
+            // TODO
+            // update the family
+        }
+
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->render)) continue;
+
+            if(unlikely(!c->rd_bytes))
+                c->rd_bytes = rrddim_add(d->st_bytes, c->id, c->name?c->name:c->id, 8, BITS_IN_A_KILOBIT, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+            else if(unlikely(c->name_updated))
+                rrddim_set_name(d->st_bytes, c->rd_bytes, c->name);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(d->st_bytes, c->rd_bytes, c->bytes);
+        }
+        rrdset_done(d->st_bytes);
+    }
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // packets
+
+    if(d->enabled_packets == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES || (d->enabled_packets == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && packets_sum)) {
+        d->enabled_packets = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+        if(unlikely(!d->st_packets)) {
+            char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            snprintfz(id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_packets", d->id);
+            snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_packets", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+
+            d->st_packets = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    RRD_TYPE_TC
+                    , id
+                    , name
+                    , d->family ? d->family : d->id
+                    , RRD_TYPE_TC ".qos_packets"
+                    , "Class Packets"
+                    , "packets/s"
+                    , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                    , NULL
+                    , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_TC_QOS_PACKETS
+                    , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                    , d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs ? RRDSET_TYPE_LINE : RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+        }
+        else {
+            rrdset_next(d->st_packets);
+
+            if(unlikely(d->name_updated)) {
+                char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+                snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_packets", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+                rrdset_set_name(d->st_packets, name);
+            }
+
+            // TODO
+            // update the family
+        }
+
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->render)) continue;
+
+            if(unlikely(!c->rd_packets))
+                c->rd_packets = rrddim_add(d->st_packets, c->id, c->name?c->name:c->id, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+            else if(unlikely(c->name_updated))
+                rrddim_set_name(d->st_packets, c->rd_packets, c->name);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(d->st_packets, c->rd_packets, c->packets);
+        }
+        rrdset_done(d->st_packets);
+    }
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // dropped
+
+    if(d->enabled_dropped == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES || (d->enabled_dropped == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && dropped_sum)) {
+        d->enabled_dropped = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+        if(unlikely(!d->st_dropped)) {
+            char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            snprintfz(id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_dropped", d->id);
+            snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_dropped", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+
+            d->st_dropped = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    RRD_TYPE_TC
+                    , id
+                    , name
+                    , d->family ? d->family : d->id
+                    , RRD_TYPE_TC ".qos_dropped"
+                    , "Class Dropped Packets"
+                    , "packets/s"
+                    , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                    , NULL
+                    , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_TC_QOS_DROPPED
+                    , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                    , d->enabled_all_classes_qdiscs ? RRDSET_TYPE_LINE : RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+        }
+        else {
+            rrdset_next(d->st_dropped);
+
+            if(unlikely(d->name_updated)) {
+                char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+                snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_dropped", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+                rrdset_set_name(d->st_dropped, name);
+            }
+
+            // TODO
+            // update the family
+        }
+
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->render)) continue;
+
+            if(unlikely(!c->rd_dropped))
+                c->rd_dropped = rrddim_add(d->st_dropped, c->id, c->name?c->name:c->id, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+            else if(unlikely(c->name_updated))
+                rrddim_set_name(d->st_dropped, c->rd_dropped, c->name);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(d->st_dropped, c->rd_dropped, c->dropped);
+        }
+        rrdset_done(d->st_dropped);
+    }
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // tokens
+
+    if(d->enabled_tokens == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES || (d->enabled_tokens == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && tokens_sum)) {
+        d->enabled_tokens = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+        if(unlikely(!d->st_tokens)) {
+            char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            snprintfz(id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_tokens", d->id);
+            snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_tokens", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+
+            d->st_tokens = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    RRD_TYPE_TC
+                    , id
+                    , name
+                    , d->family ? d->family : d->id
+                    , RRD_TYPE_TC ".qos_tokens"
+                    , "Class Tokens"
+                    , "tokens"
+                    , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                    , NULL
+                    , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_TC_QOS_TOCKENS
+                    , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+            );
+        }
+        else {
+            rrdset_next(d->st_tokens);
+
+            if(unlikely(d->name_updated)) {
+                char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+                snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_tokens", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+                rrdset_set_name(d->st_tokens, name);
+            }
+
+            // TODO
+            // update the family
+        }
+
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->render)) continue;
+
+            if(unlikely(!c->rd_tokens)) {
+                c->rd_tokens = rrddim_add(d->st_tokens, c->id, c->name?c->name:c->id, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(c->name_updated))
+                rrddim_set_name(d->st_tokens, c->rd_tokens, c->name);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(d->st_tokens, c->rd_tokens, c->tokens);
+        }
+        rrdset_done(d->st_tokens);
+    }
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // ctokens
+
+    if(d->enabled_ctokens == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES || (d->enabled_ctokens == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && ctokens_sum)) {
+        d->enabled_ctokens = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+        if(unlikely(!d->st_ctokens)) {
+            char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+            snprintfz(id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_ctokens", d->id);
+            snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_ctokens", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+
+            d->st_ctokens = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    RRD_TYPE_TC
+                    , id
+                    , name
+                    , d->family ? d->family : d->id
+                    , RRD_TYPE_TC ".qos_ctokens"
+                    , "Class cTokens"
+                    , "ctokens"
+                    , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                    , NULL
+                    , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_TC_QOS_CTOCKENS
+                    , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+            );
+        }
+        else {
+            debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Updating _ctokens chart for device '%s'", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+            rrdset_next(d->st_ctokens);
+
+            if(unlikely(d->name_updated)) {
+                char name[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
+                snprintfz(name, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "%s_ctokens", d->name?d->name:d->id);
+                rrdset_set_name(d->st_ctokens, name);
+            }
+
+            // TODO
+            // update the family
+        }
+
+        for(c = d->classes ; c ; c = c->next) {
+            if(unlikely(!c->render)) continue;
+
+            if(unlikely(!c->rd_ctokens))
+                c->rd_ctokens = rrddim_add(d->st_ctokens, c->id, c->name?c->name:c->id, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+            else if(unlikely(c->name_updated))
+                rrddim_set_name(d->st_ctokens, c->rd_ctokens, c->name);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(d->st_ctokens, c->rd_ctokens, c->ctokens);
+        }
+        rrdset_done(d->st_ctokens);
+    }
+
+    tc_device_classes_cleanup(d);
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_set_class_name(struct tc_device *d, char *id, char *name) {
+    if(unlikely(!name || !*name)) return;
+
+    struct tc_class *c = tc_class_index_find(d, id, 0);
+    if(likely(c)) {
+        if(likely(c->name)) {
+            if(!strcmp(c->name, name)) return;
+            freez(c->name);
+            c->name = NULL;
+        }
+
+        if(likely(name && *name && strcmp(c->id, name) != 0)) {
+            debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Setting device '%s', class '%s' name to '%s'", d->id, id, name);
+            c->name = strdupz(name);
+            c->name_updated = 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_set_device_name(struct tc_device *d, char *name) {
+    if(unlikely(!name || !*name)) return;
+
+    if(d->name) {
+        if(!strcmp(d->name, name)) return;
+        freez(d->name);
+        d->name = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if(likely(name && *name && strcmp(d->id, name) != 0)) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Setting device '%s' name to '%s'", d->id, name);
+        d->name = strdupz(name);
+        d->name_updated = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_set_device_family(struct tc_device *d, char *family) {
+    freez(d->family);
+    d->family = NULL;
+
+    if(likely(family && *family && strcmp(d->id, family) != 0)) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Setting device '%s' family to '%s'", d->id, family);
+        d->family = strdupz(family);
+        d->family_updated = 1;
+    }
+    // no need for null termination - it is already null
+}
+
+static inline struct tc_device *tc_device_create(char *id)
+{
+    struct tc_device *d = tc_device_index_find(id, 0);
+
+    if(!d) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Creating device '%s'", id);
+
+        d = callocz(1, sizeof(struct tc_device));
+
+        d->id = strdupz(id);
+        d->hash = simple_hash(d->id);
+        d->enabled = (char)-1;
+
+        avl_init(&d->classes_index, tc_class_compare);
+        if(unlikely(tc_device_index_add(d) != d))
+            error("plugin_tc: INTERNAL ERROR: removing device '%s' removed a different device.", d->id);
+
+        if(!tc_device_root) {
+            tc_device_root = d;
+        }
+        else {
+            d->next = tc_device_root;
+            tc_device_root->prev = d;
+            tc_device_root = d;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return(d);
+}
+
+static inline struct tc_class *tc_class_add(struct tc_device *n, char *id, char qdisc, char *parentid, char *leafid)
+{
+    struct tc_class *c = tc_class_index_find(n, id, 0);
+
+    if(!c) {
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Creating in device '%s', class id '%s', parentid '%s', leafid '%s'", n->id, id, parentid?parentid:"", leafid?leafid:"");
+
+        c = callocz(1, sizeof(struct tc_class));
+
+        if(unlikely(!n->classes))
+            n->classes = c;
+
+        else if(likely(n->last_class)) {
+            n->last_class->next = c;
+            c->prev = n->last_class;
+        }
+
+        n->last_class = c;
+
+        c->id = strdupz(id);
+        c->hash = simple_hash(c->id);
+
+        c->isqdisc = qdisc;
+        if(parentid && *parentid) {
+            c->parentid = strdupz(parentid);
+            c->parent_hash = simple_hash(c->parentid);
+        }
+
+        if(leafid && *leafid) {
+            c->leafid = strdupz(leafid);
+            c->leaf_hash = simple_hash(c->leafid);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(tc_class_index_add(n, c) != c))
+            error("plugin_tc: INTERNAL ERROR: attempt index class '%s' on device '%s': already exists", c->id, n->id);
+    }
+    return(c);
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_free(struct tc_device *n)
+{
+    if(n->next) n->next->prev = n->prev;
+    if(n->prev) n->prev->next = n->next;
+    if(tc_device_root == n) {
+        if(n->next) tc_device_root = n->next;
+        else tc_device_root = n->prev;
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(tc_device_index_del(n) != n))
+        error("plugin_tc: INTERNAL ERROR: removing device '%s' removed a different device.", n->id);
+
+    while(n->classes) tc_class_free(n, n->classes);
+
+    freez(n->id);
+    freez(n->name);
+    freez(n->family);
+    freez(n);
+}
+
+static inline void tc_device_free_all()
+{
+    while(tc_device_root)
+        tc_device_free(tc_device_root);
+}
+
+#define PLUGINSD_MAX_WORDS 20
+
+static inline int tc_space(char c) {
+    switch(c) {
+    case ' ':
+    case '\t':
+    case '\r':
+    case '\n':
+        return 1;
+
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void tc_split_words(char *str, char **words, int max_words) {
+    char *s = str;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    // skip all white space
+    while(tc_space(*s)) s++;
+
+    // store the first word
+    words[i++] = s;
+
+    // while we have something
+    while(*s) {
+        // if it is a space
+        if(unlikely(tc_space(*s))) {
+
+            // terminate the word
+            *s++ = '\0';
+
+            // skip all white space
+            while(tc_space(*s)) s++;
+
+            // if we reached the end, stop
+            if(!*s) break;
+
+            // store the next word
+            if(i < max_words) words[i++] = s;
+            else break;
+        }
+        else s++;
+    }
+
+    // terminate the words
+    while(i < max_words) words[i++] = NULL;
+}
+
+static pid_t tc_child_pid = 0;
+
+static void tc_main_cleanup(void *ptr) {
+    struct netdata_static_thread *static_thread = (struct netdata_static_thread *)ptr;
+    static_thread->enabled = NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITING;
+
+    info("cleaning up...");
+
+    if(tc_child_pid) {
+        info("TC: killing with SIGTERM tc-qos-helper process %d", tc_child_pid);
+        if(killpid(tc_child_pid, SIGTERM) != -1) {
+            siginfo_t info;
+
+            info("TC: waiting for tc plugin child process pid %d to exit...", tc_child_pid);
+            waitid(P_PID, (id_t) tc_child_pid, &info, WEXITED);
+            // info("TC: finished tc plugin child process pid %d.", tc_child_pid);
+        }
+
+        tc_child_pid = 0;
+    }
+
+    static_thread->enabled = NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITED;
+}
+
+void *tc_main(void *ptr) {
+    netdata_thread_cleanup_push(tc_main_cleanup, ptr);
+
+    struct rusage thread;
+
+    char command[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+    char *words[PLUGINSD_MAX_WORDS] = { NULL };
+
+    uint32_t BEGIN_HASH = simple_hash("BEGIN");
+    uint32_t END_HASH = simple_hash("END");
+    uint32_t QDISC_HASH = simple_hash("qdisc");
+    uint32_t CLASS_HASH = simple_hash("class");
+    uint32_t SENT_HASH = simple_hash("Sent");
+    uint32_t LENDED_HASH = simple_hash("lended:");
+    uint32_t TOKENS_HASH = simple_hash("tokens:");
+    uint32_t SETDEVICENAME_HASH = simple_hash("SETDEVICENAME");
+    uint32_t SETDEVICEGROUP_HASH = simple_hash("SETDEVICEGROUP");
+    uint32_t SETCLASSNAME_HASH = simple_hash("SETCLASSNAME");
+    uint32_t WORKTIME_HASH = simple_hash("WORKTIME");
+#ifdef DETACH_PLUGINS_FROM_NETDATA
+    uint32_t MYPID_HASH = simple_hash("MYPID");
+#endif
+    uint32_t first_hash;
+
+    snprintfz(command, TC_LINE_MAX, "%s/tc-qos-helper.sh", netdata_configured_plugins_dir);
+    char *tc_script = config_get("plugin:tc", "script to run to get tc values", command);
+
+    while(!netdata_exit) {
+        FILE *fp;
+        struct tc_device *device = NULL;
+        struct tc_class *class = NULL;
+
+        snprintfz(command, TC_LINE_MAX, "exec %s %d", tc_script, localhost->rrd_update_every);
+        debug(D_TC_LOOP, "executing '%s'", command);
+
+        fp = mypopen(command, (pid_t *)&tc_child_pid);
+        if(unlikely(!fp)) {
+            error("TC: Cannot popen(\"%s\", \"r\").", command);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        char buffer[TC_LINE_MAX+1] = "";
+        while(fgets(buffer, TC_LINE_MAX, fp) != NULL) {
+            if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
+
+            buffer[TC_LINE_MAX] = '\0';
+            // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: read '%s'", buffer);
+
+            tc_split_words(buffer, words, PLUGINSD_MAX_WORDS);
+
+            if(unlikely(!words[0] || !*words[0])) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "empty line");
+                continue;
+            }
+            // else debug(D_TC_LOOP, "First word is '%s'", words[0]);
+
+            first_hash = simple_hash(words[0]);
+
+            if(unlikely(device && ((first_hash == CLASS_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "class") == 0) ||  (first_hash == QDISC_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "qdisc") == 0)))) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "CLASS line on class id='%s', parent='%s', parentid='%s', leaf='%s', leafid='%s'", words[2], words[3], words[4], words[5], words[6]);
+
+                char *type     = words[1];  // the class/qdisc type: htb, fq_codel, etc
+                char *id       = words[2];  // the class/qdisc major:minor
+                char *parent   = words[3];  // the word 'parent' or 'root'
+                char *parentid = words[4];  // parentid
+                char *leaf     = words[5];  // the word 'leaf'
+                char *leafid   = words[6];  // leafid
+
+                int parent_is_root = 0;
+                int parent_is_parent = 0;
+                if(likely(parent)) {
+                    parent_is_parent = !strcmp(parent, "parent");
+
+                    if(!parent_is_parent)
+                        parent_is_root = !strcmp(parent, "root");
+                }
+
+                if(likely(type && id && (parent_is_root || parent_is_parent))) {
+                    char qdisc = 0;
+
+                    if(first_hash == QDISC_HASH) {
+                        qdisc = 1;
+
+                        if(!strcmp(type, "ingress")) {
+                            // we don't want to get the ingress qdisc
+                            // there should be an IFB interface for this
+
+                            class = NULL;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if(parent_is_parent && parentid) {
+                            // eliminate the minor number from parentid
+                            // why: parentid is the id of the parent class
+                            // but major: is also the id of the parent qdisc
+
+                            char *s = parentid;
+                            while(*s && *s != ':') s++;
+                            if(*s == ':') s[1] = '\0';
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if(parent_is_root) {
+                        parentid = NULL;
+                        leafid = NULL;
+                    }
+                    else if(!leaf || strcmp(leaf, "leaf") != 0)
+                        leafid = NULL;
+
+                    char leafbuf[20 + 1] = "";
+                    if(leafid && leafid[strlen(leafid) - 1] == ':') {
+                        strncpyz(leafbuf, leafid, 20 - 1);
+                        strcat(leafbuf, "1");
+                        leafid = leafbuf;
+                    }
+
+                    class = tc_class_add(device, id, qdisc, parentid, leafid);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // clear the last class
+                    class = NULL;
+                }
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(first_hash == END_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "END") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "END line");
+
+                if(likely(device)) {
+                    netdata_thread_disable_cancelability();
+                    tc_device_commit(device);
+                    // tc_device_free(device);
+                    netdata_thread_enable_cancelability();
+                }
+
+                device = NULL;
+                class = NULL;
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(first_hash == BEGIN_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "BEGIN") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "BEGIN line on device '%s'", words[1]);
+
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1])) {
+                    device = tc_device_create(words[1]);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // tc_device_free(device);
+                    device = NULL;
+                }
+
+                class = NULL;
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && class && first_hash == SENT_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "Sent") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "SENT line '%s'", words[1]);
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1])) {
+                    class->bytes = str2ull(words[1]);
+                    class->updated = 1;
+                }
+                else {
+                    class->updated = 0;
+                }
+
+                if(likely(words[3] && *words[3]))
+                    class->packets = str2ull(words[3]);
+
+                if(likely(words[6] && *words[6]))
+                    class->dropped = str2ull(words[6]);
+
+                if(likely(words[8] && *words[8]))
+                    class->overlimits = str2ull(words[8]);
+
+                if(likely(words[10] && *words[10]))
+                    class->requeues = str2ull(words[8]);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && class && class->updated && first_hash == LENDED_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "lended:") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "LENDED line '%s'", words[1]);
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1]))
+                    class->lended = str2ull(words[1]);
+
+                if(likely(words[3] && *words[3]))
+                    class->borrowed = str2ull(words[3]);
+
+                if(likely(words[5] && *words[5]))
+                    class->giants = str2ull(words[5]);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && class && class->updated && first_hash == TOKENS_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "tokens:") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TOKENS line '%s'", words[1]);
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1]))
+                    class->tokens = str2ull(words[1]);
+
+                if(likely(words[3] && *words[3]))
+                    class->ctokens = str2ull(words[3]);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && first_hash == SETDEVICENAME_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "SETDEVICENAME") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "SETDEVICENAME line '%s'", words[1]);
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1]))
+                    tc_device_set_device_name(device, words[1]);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && first_hash == SETDEVICEGROUP_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "SETDEVICEGROUP") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "SETDEVICEGROUP line '%s'", words[1]);
+                if(likely(words[1] && *words[1]))
+                    tc_device_set_device_family(device, words[1]);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(device && first_hash == SETCLASSNAME_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "SETCLASSNAME") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "SETCLASSNAME line '%s' '%s'", words[1], words[2]);
+                char *id    = words[1];
+                char *path  = words[2];
+                if(likely(id && *id && path && *path))
+                    tc_device_set_class_name(device, id, path);
+            }
+            else if(unlikely(first_hash == WORKTIME_HASH && strcmp(words[0], "WORKTIME") == 0)) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "WORKTIME line '%s' '%s'", words[1], words[2]);
+                getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD, &thread);
+
+                static RRDSET *stcpu = NULL;
+                static RRDDIM *rd_user = NULL, *rd_system = NULL;
+
+                if(unlikely(!stcpu)) {
+                    stcpu = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                            "netdata"
+                            , "plugin_tc_cpu"
+                            , NULL
+                            , "tc.helper"
+                            , NULL
+                            , "NetData TC CPU usage"
+                            , "milliseconds/s"
+                            , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                            , NULL
+                            , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_NETDATA_TC_CPU
+                            , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                            , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                    );
+                    rd_user   = rrddim_add(stcpu, "user",  NULL,  1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                    rd_system = rrddim_add(stcpu, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                }
+                else rrdset_next(stcpu);
+
+                rrddim_set_by_pointer(stcpu, rd_user  , thread.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + thread.ru_utime.tv_usec);
+                rrddim_set_by_pointer(stcpu, rd_system, thread.ru_stime.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + thread.ru_stime.tv_usec);
+                rrdset_done(stcpu);
+
+                static RRDSET *sttime = NULL;
+                static RRDDIM *rd_run_time = NULL;
+
+                if(unlikely(!sttime)) {
+                    sttime = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                            "netdata"
+                            , "plugin_tc_time"
+                            , NULL
+                            , "tc.helper"
+                            , NULL
+                            , "NetData TC script execution"
+                            , "milliseconds/run"
+                            , PLUGIN_TC_NAME
+                            , NULL
+                            , NETDATA_CHART_PRIO_NETDATA_TC_TIME
+                            , localhost->rrd_update_every
+                            , RRDSET_TYPE_AREA
+                    );
+                    rd_run_time = rrddim_add(sttime, "run_time",  "run time",  1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+                }
+                else rrdset_next(sttime);
+
+                rrddim_set_by_pointer(sttime, rd_run_time, str2ll(words[1], NULL));
+                rrdset_done(sttime);
+
+            }
+#ifdef DETACH_PLUGINS_FROM_NETDATA
+            else if(unlikely(first_hash == MYPID_HASH && (strcmp(words[0], "MYPID") == 0))) {
+                // debug(D_TC_LOOP, "MYPID line '%s'", words[1]);
+                char *id = words[1];
+                pid_t pid = atol(id);
+
+                if(likely(pid)) tc_child_pid = pid;
+
+                debug(D_TC_LOOP, "TC: Child PID is %d.", tc_child_pid);
+            }
+#endif
+            //else {
+            //  debug(D_TC_LOOP, "IGNORED line");
+            //}
+        }
+
+        // fgets() failed or loop broke
+        int code = mypclose(fp, (pid_t)tc_child_pid);
+        tc_child_pid = 0;
+
+        if(unlikely(device)) {
+            // tc_device_free(device);
+            device = NULL;
+            class = NULL;
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) {
+            tc_device_free_all();
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if(code == 1 || code == 127) {
+            // 1 = DISABLE
+            // 127 = cannot even run it
+            error("TC: tc-qos-helper.sh exited with code %d. Disabling it.", code);
+
+            tc_device_free_all();
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        sleep((unsigned int) localhost->rrd_update_every);
+    }
+
+cleanup: ; // added semi-colon to prevent older gcc error: label at end of compound statement
+    netdata_thread_cleanup_pop(1);
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.h b/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64658415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/tc.plugin/plugin_tc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#ifndef NETDATA_PLUGIN_TC_H
+#define NETDATA_PLUGIN_TC_H 1
+
+#include "../../daemon/common.h"
+
+#if (TARGET_OS == OS_LINUX)
+
+#define NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_TC \
+    { \
+        .name = "PLUGIN[tc]", \
+        .config_section = CONFIG_SECTION_PLUGINS, \
+        .config_name = "tc", \
+        .enabled = 1, \
+        .thread = NULL, \
+        .init_routine = NULL, \
+        .start_routine = tc_main \
+    },
+
+extern void *tc_main(void *ptr);
+
+#else // (TARGET_OS == OS_LINUX)
+
+#define NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_TC
+
+#endif // (TARGET_OS == OS_LINUX)
+
+
+#endif /* NETDATA_PLUGIN_TC_H */
+
diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh b/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b49d1f509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# netdata
+# real-time performance and health monitoring, done right!
+# (C) 2017 Costa Tsaousis <costa@tsaousis.gr>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# This script is a helper to allow netdata collect tc data.
+# tc output parsing has been implemented in C, inside netdata
+# This script allows setting names to dimensions.
+
+export PATH="${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin"
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# logging functions
+
+PROGRAM_FILE="$0"
+PROGRAM_NAME="$(basename $0)"
+PROGRAM_NAME="${PROGRAM_NAME/.plugin}"
+
+logdate() {
+    date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+}
+
+log() {
+    local status="${1}"
+    shift
+
+    echo >&2 "$(logdate): ${PROGRAM_NAME}: ${status}: ${*}"
+
+}
+
+warning() {
+    log WARNING "${@}"
+}
+
+error() {
+    log ERROR "${@}"
+}
+
+info() {
+    log INFO "${@}"
+}
+
+fatal() {
+    log FATAL "${@}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+debug=0
+debug() {
+    [ $debug -eq 1 ] && log DEBUG "${@}"
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# find /var/run/fireqos
+
+# the default
+fireqos_run_dir="/var/run/fireqos"
+
+function realdir {
+    local r="$1"
+    local t=$(readlink "$r")
+
+    while [ "$t" ]
+        do
+        r=$(cd $(dirname "$r") && cd $(dirname "$t") && pwd -P)/$(basename "$t")
+        t=$(readlink "$r")
+    done
+
+    dirname "$r"
+}
+
+if [ ! -d "${fireqos_run_dir}" ]
+    then
+
+    # the fireqos executable - we will use it to find its config
+    fireqos="$(which fireqos 2>/dev/null || command -v fireqos 2>/dev/null)"
+
+    if [ ! -z "${fireqos}" ]
+        then
+
+        fireqos_exec_dir="$(realdir ${fireqos})"
+
+        if [ ! -z "${fireqos_exec_dir}" -a "${fireqos_exec_dir}" != "." -a -f "${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config" ]
+            then
+
+            LOCALSTATEDIR=
+            source "${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config"
+
+            if [ -d "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos" ]
+                then
+                fireqos_run_dir="${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos"
+            else
+                warning "FireQoS is installed as '${fireqos}', its installation config at '${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config' specifies local state data at '${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos', but this directory is not found or is not readable (check the permissions of its parents)."
+            fi
+        else
+            warning "Although FireQoS is installed on this system as '${fireqos}', I cannot find/read its installation configuration at '${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config'."
+        fi
+    else
+        warning "FireQoS is not installed on this system. Use FireQoS to apply traffic QoS and expose the class names to netdata. Check https://github.com/netdata/netdata/wiki/You-should-install-QoS-on-all-your-servers"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ -z "${NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR}" ] && NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
+[ -z "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}"  ] && NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/netdata"
+[ -z "${NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR}" ] && NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/lib/netdata/conf.d"
+
+plugins_dir="${NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR}"
+tc="$(which tc 2>/dev/null || command -v tc 2>/dev/null)"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# user configuration
+
+# time in seconds to refresh QoS class/qdisc names
+qos_get_class_names_every=120
+
+# time in seconds to exit - netdata will restart the script
+qos_exit_every=3600
+
+# what to use? classes or qdiscs?
+tc_show="qdisc" # can also be "class"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# check if we have a valid number for interval
+
+t=${1}
+update_every=$((t))
+[ $((update_every)) -lt 1 ] && update_every=${NETDATA_UPDATE_EVERY}
+[ $((update_every)) -lt 1 ] && update_every=1
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# allow the user to override our defaults
+
+for CONFIG in "${NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR}/tc-qos-helper.conf" "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/tc-qos-helper.conf"
+do
+    if [ -f "${CONFIG}" ]
+        then
+        info "Loading config file '${CONFIG}'..."
+        source "${CONFIG}"
+        [ $? -ne 0 ] && error "Failed to load config file '${CONFIG}'."
+    else
+        warning "Cannot find file '${CONFIG}'."
+    fi
+done
+
+case "${tc_show}" in
+    qdisc|class)
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        error "tc_show variable can be either 'qdisc' or 'class' but is set to '${tc_show}'. Assuming it is 'qdisc'."
+        tc_show="qdisc"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# default sleep function
+
+LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK=0
+loopsleepms() {
+    sleep $1
+}
+
+# if found and included, this file overwrites loopsleepms()
+# with a high resolution timer function for precise looping.
+. "${plugins_dir}/loopsleepms.sh.inc"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# final checks we can run
+
+if [ -z "${tc}" -o ! -x "${tc}" ]
+    then
+    fatal "cannot find command 'tc' in this system."
+fi
+
+tc_devices=
+fix_names=
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+setclassname() {
+    if [ "${tc_show}" = "qdisc" ]
+        then
+        echo "SETCLASSNAME $4 $2"
+    else
+        echo "SETCLASSNAME $3 $2"
+    fi
+}
+
+show_tc_cls() {
+    [ "${tc_show}" = "qdisc" ] && return 1
+
+    local x="${1}"
+
+    if [ -f /etc/iproute2/tc_cls ]
+    then
+        local classid name rest
+        while read classid name rest
+        do
+            [ -z "${classid}" -o -z "${name}" -o "${classid}" = "#" -o "${name}" = "#" -o "${classid:0:1}" = "#" -o "${name:0:1}" = "#" ] && continue
+            setclassname "" "${name}" "${classid}"
+        done </etc/iproute2/tc_cls
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+show_fireqos_names() {
+    local x="${1}" name n interface_dev interface_classes interface_classes_monitor
+
+    if [ -f "${fireqos_run_dir}/ifaces/${x}" ]
+    then
+        name="$(<"${fireqos_run_dir}/ifaces/${x}")"
+        echo "SETDEVICENAME ${name}"
+
+        interface_dev=
+        interface_classes=
+        interface_classes_monitor=
+        source "${fireqos_run_dir}/${name}.conf"
+        for n in ${interface_classes_monitor}
+        do
+            setclassname ${n//|/ }
+        done
+        [ ! -z "${interface_dev}" ] && echo "SETDEVICEGROUP ${interface_dev}"
+
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+show_tc() {
+    local x="${1}"
+
+    echo "BEGIN ${x}"
+
+    # netdata can parse the output of tc
+    ${tc} -s ${tc_show} show dev ${x}
+
+    # check FireQOS names for classes
+    if [ ! -z "${fix_names}" ]
+    then
+        show_fireqos_names "${x}" || show_tc_cls "${x}"
+    fi
+
+    echo "END ${x}"
+}
+
+find_tc_devices() {
+    local count=0 devs= dev rest l
+
+    # find all the devices in the system
+    # without forking
+    while IFS=":| " read dev rest
+    do
+        count=$((count + 1))
+        [ ${count} -le 2 ] && continue
+        devs="${devs} ${dev}"
+    done </proc/net/dev
+
+    # from all the devices find the ones
+    # that have QoS defined
+    # unfortunately, one fork per device cannot be avoided
+    tc_devices=
+    for dev in ${devs}
+    do
+        l="$(${tc} class show dev ${dev} 2>/dev/null)"
+        [ ! -z "${l}" ] && tc_devices="${tc_devices} ${dev}"
+    done
+}
+
+# update devices and class names
+# once every 2 minutes
+names_every=$((qos_get_class_names_every / update_every))
+
+# exit this script every hour
+# it will be restarted automatically
+exit_after=$((qos_exit_every / update_every))
+
+c=0
+gc=0
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+    fix_names=
+    c=$((c + 1))
+    gc=$((gc + 1))
+
+    if [ ${c} -le 1 -o ${c} -ge ${names_every} ]
+    then
+        c=1
+        fix_names="YES"
+        find_tc_devices
+    fi
+
+    for d in ${tc_devices}
+    do
+        show_tc ${d}
+    done
+
+    echo "WORKTIME ${LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK}"
+
+    loopsleepms ${update_every}
+
+    [ ${gc} -gt ${exit_after} ] && exit 0
+done
diff --git a/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh.in b/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6f6b0a591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/tc.plugin/tc-qos-helper.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# netdata
+# real-time performance and health monitoring, done right!
+# (C) 2017 Costa Tsaousis <costa@tsaousis.gr>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# This script is a helper to allow netdata collect tc data.
+# tc output parsing has been implemented in C, inside netdata
+# This script allows setting names to dimensions.
+
+export PATH="${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin"
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# logging functions
+
+PROGRAM_FILE="$0"
+PROGRAM_NAME="$(basename $0)"
+PROGRAM_NAME="${PROGRAM_NAME/.plugin}"
+
+logdate() {
+    date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+}
+
+log() {
+    local status="${1}"
+    shift
+
+    echo >&2 "$(logdate): ${PROGRAM_NAME}: ${status}: ${*}"
+
+}
+
+warning() {
+    log WARNING "${@}"
+}
+
+error() {
+    log ERROR "${@}"
+}
+
+info() {
+    log INFO "${@}"
+}
+
+fatal() {
+    log FATAL "${@}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+debug=0
+debug() {
+    [ $debug -eq 1 ] && log DEBUG "${@}"
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# find /var/run/fireqos
+
+# the default
+fireqos_run_dir="/var/run/fireqos"
+
+function realdir {
+    local r="$1"
+    local t=$(readlink "$r")
+
+    while [ "$t" ]
+        do
+        r=$(cd $(dirname "$r") && cd $(dirname "$t") && pwd -P)/$(basename "$t")
+        t=$(readlink "$r")
+    done
+
+    dirname "$r"
+}
+
+if [ ! -d "${fireqos_run_dir}" ]
+    then
+
+    # the fireqos executable - we will use it to find its config
+    fireqos="$(which fireqos 2>/dev/null || command -v fireqos 2>/dev/null)"
+
+    if [ ! -z "${fireqos}" ]
+        then
+
+        fireqos_exec_dir="$(realdir ${fireqos})"
+
+        if [ ! -z "${fireqos_exec_dir}" -a "${fireqos_exec_dir}" != "." -a -f "${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config" ]
+            then
+
+            LOCALSTATEDIR=
+            source "${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config"
+
+            if [ -d "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos" ]
+                then
+                fireqos_run_dir="${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos"
+            else
+                warning "FireQoS is installed as '${fireqos}', its installation config at '${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config' specifies local state data at '${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run/fireqos', but this directory is not found or is not readable (check the permissions of its parents)."
+            fi
+        else
+            warning "Although FireQoS is installed on this system as '${fireqos}', I cannot find/read its installation configuration at '${fireqos_exec_dir}/install.config'."
+        fi
+    else
+        warning "FireQoS is not installed on this system. Use FireQoS to apply traffic QoS and expose the class names to netdata. Check https://github.com/netdata/netdata/wiki/You-should-install-QoS-on-all-your-servers"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ -z "${NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR}" ] && NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
+[ -z "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}"  ] && NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR="@configdir_POST@"
+[ -z "${NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR}" ] && NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR="@libconfigdir_POST@"
+
+plugins_dir="${NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR}"
+tc="$(which tc 2>/dev/null || command -v tc 2>/dev/null)"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# user configuration
+
+# time in seconds to refresh QoS class/qdisc names
+qos_get_class_names_every=120
+
+# time in seconds to exit - netdata will restart the script
+qos_exit_every=3600
+
+# what to use? classes or qdiscs?
+tc_show="qdisc" # can also be "class"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# check if we have a valid number for interval
+
+t=${1}
+update_every=$((t))
+[ $((update_every)) -lt 1 ] && update_every=${NETDATA_UPDATE_EVERY}
+[ $((update_every)) -lt 1 ] && update_every=1
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# allow the user to override our defaults
+
+for CONFIG in "${NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR}/tc-qos-helper.conf" "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/tc-qos-helper.conf"
+do
+    if [ -f "${CONFIG}" ]
+        then
+        info "Loading config file '${CONFIG}'..."
+        source "${CONFIG}"
+        [ $? -ne 0 ] && error "Failed to load config file '${CONFIG}'."
+    else
+        warning "Cannot find file '${CONFIG}'."
+    fi
+done
+
+case "${tc_show}" in
+    qdisc|class)
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        error "tc_show variable can be either 'qdisc' or 'class' but is set to '${tc_show}'. Assuming it is 'qdisc'."
+        tc_show="qdisc"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# default sleep function
+
+LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK=0
+loopsleepms() {
+    sleep $1
+}
+
+# if found and included, this file overwrites loopsleepms()
+# with a high resolution timer function for precise looping.
+. "${plugins_dir}/loopsleepms.sh.inc"
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# final checks we can run
+
+if [ -z "${tc}" -o ! -x "${tc}" ]
+    then
+    fatal "cannot find command 'tc' in this system."
+fi
+
+tc_devices=
+fix_names=
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+setclassname() {
+    if [ "${tc_show}" = "qdisc" ]
+        then
+        echo "SETCLASSNAME $4 $2"
+    else
+        echo "SETCLASSNAME $3 $2"
+    fi
+}
+
+show_tc_cls() {
+    [ "${tc_show}" = "qdisc" ] && return 1
+
+    local x="${1}"
+
+    if [ -f /etc/iproute2/tc_cls ]
+    then
+        local classid name rest
+        while read classid name rest
+        do
+            [ -z "${classid}" -o -z "${name}" -o "${classid}" = "#" -o "${name}" = "#" -o "${classid:0:1}" = "#" -o "${name:0:1}" = "#" ] && continue
+            setclassname "" "${name}" "${classid}"
+        done </etc/iproute2/tc_cls
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+show_fireqos_names() {
+    local x="${1}" name n interface_dev interface_classes interface_classes_monitor
+
+    if [ -f "${fireqos_run_dir}/ifaces/${x}" ]
+    then
+        name="$(<"${fireqos_run_dir}/ifaces/${x}")"
+        echo "SETDEVICENAME ${name}"
+
+        interface_dev=
+        interface_classes=
+        interface_classes_monitor=
+        source "${fireqos_run_dir}/${name}.conf"
+        for n in ${interface_classes_monitor}
+        do
+            setclassname ${n//|/ }
+        done
+        [ ! -z "${interface_dev}" ] && echo "SETDEVICEGROUP ${interface_dev}"
+
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+show_tc() {
+    local x="${1}"
+
+    echo "BEGIN ${x}"
+
+    # netdata can parse the output of tc
+    ${tc} -s ${tc_show} show dev ${x}
+
+    # check FireQOS names for classes
+    if [ ! -z "${fix_names}" ]
+    then
+        show_fireqos_names "${x}" || show_tc_cls "${x}"
+    fi
+
+    echo "END ${x}"
+}
+
+find_tc_devices() {
+    local count=0 devs= dev rest l
+
+    # find all the devices in the system
+    # without forking
+    while IFS=":| " read dev rest
+    do
+        count=$((count + 1))
+        [ ${count} -le 2 ] && continue
+        devs="${devs} ${dev}"
+    done </proc/net/dev
+
+    # from all the devices find the ones
+    # that have QoS defined
+    # unfortunately, one fork per device cannot be avoided
+    tc_devices=
+    for dev in ${devs}
+    do
+        l="$(${tc} class show dev ${dev} 2>/dev/null)"
+        [ ! -z "${l}" ] && tc_devices="${tc_devices} ${dev}"
+    done
+}
+
+# update devices and class names
+# once every 2 minutes
+names_every=$((qos_get_class_names_every / update_every))
+
+# exit this script every hour
+# it will be restarted automatically
+exit_after=$((qos_exit_every / update_every))
+
+c=0
+gc=0
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+    fix_names=
+    c=$((c + 1))
+    gc=$((gc + 1))
+
+    if [ ${c} -le 1 -o ${c} -ge ${names_every} ]
+    then
+        c=1
+        fix_names="YES"
+        find_tc_devices
+    fi
+
+    for d in ${tc_devices}
+    do
+        show_tc ${d}
+    done
+
+    echo "WORKTIME ${LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK}"
+
+    loopsleepms ${update_every}
+
+    [ ${gc} -gt ${exit_after} ] && exit 0
+done