Imported Upstream version 1.1.0upstream/1.1.0

67 files changed, 4386 insertions, 875 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0c51bb54b..a6808f424 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DCONFIG_DIR="\"$(configdir)\"" \
 	-DLOG_DIR="\"$(logdir)\"" \
 	-DPLUGINS_DIR="\"$(pluginsdir)\"" \
+	-DRUN_DIR="\"$(localstatedir)/run/netdata\"" \
 	-DWEB_DIR="\"$(webdir)\"" \
 	$(NULL)
 AM_CFLAGS = \
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@ netdata_SOURCES = \
 	proc_net_netstat.c \
 	proc_net_rpc_nfsd.c \
 	proc_net_snmp.c \
+	proc_net_snmp6.c \
 	proc_net_stat_conntrack.c \
+	proc_net_stat_synproxy.c \
 	proc_stat.c \
 	proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c \
 	proc_vmstat.c \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20aa81ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,873 @@
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+#
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+	-DCONFIG_DIR="\"$(configdir)\"" \
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+	-DPLUGINS_DIR="\"$(pluginsdir)\"" \
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+	avl.c avl.h \
+	common.c common.h \
+	daemon.c daemon.h \
+	dictionary.c dictionary.h \
+	global_statistics.c global_statistics.h \
+	log.c log.h \
+	main.c main.h \
+	plugin_checks.c plugin_checks.h \
+	plugin_idlejitter.c plugin_idlejitter.h \
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+	plugin_proc.c plugin_proc.h \
+	plugin_tc.c plugin_tc.h \
+	plugins_d.c plugins_d.h \
+	popen.c popen.h \
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+	proc_interrupts.c \
+	proc_softirqs.c \
+	proc_loadavg.c \
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+	proc_net_ip_vs_stats.c \
+	proc_net_netstat.c \
+	proc_net_rpc_nfsd.c \
+	proc_net_snmp.c \
+	proc_net_snmp6.c \
+	proc_net_stat_conntrack.c \
+	proc_net_stat_synproxy.c \
+	proc_stat.c \
+	proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c \
+	proc_vmstat.c \
+	sys_kernel_mm_ksm.c \
+	procfile.c procfile.h \
+	rrd.c rrd.h \
+	rrd2json.c rrd2json.h \
+	storage_number.c storage_number.h \
+	unit_test.c unit_test.h \
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+	web_buffer.c web_buffer.h \
+	web_client.c web_client.h \
+	web_server.c web_server.h \
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+	$(OPTIONAL_NFACCT_LIBS) \
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+	$(NULL)
+
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+	apps_plugin.c \
+	avl.c avl.h \
+	common.c common.h \
+	log.c log.h \
+	procfile.c procfile.h \
+	$(NULL)
+
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+
+.SUFFIXES:
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+	  esac; \
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+	$(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && \
+	  $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu src/Makefile
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+	    install_sh_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG=-s \
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+	fi
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+	if [ `id -u` == 0 ]; then \
+		chown root '$(DESTDIR)$(pluginsdir)/apps.plugin' && \
+			chmod 4755 '$(DESTDIR)$(pluginsdir)/apps.plugin'; \
+	else \
+		echo; \
+		echo "ATTENTION"; \
+		echo; \
+		echo "setuid bit of $(pluginsdir)/apps.plugin must be set, please execute as root:"; \
+		echo "chown root '$(pluginsdir)/apps.plugin' && chmod 4755 '$(pluginsdir)/apps.plugin'"; \
+		echo; \
+	fi
+
+# Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
+# Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
+.NOEXPORT:
diff --git a/src/appconfig.c b/src/appconfig.c
index 49eca90f0..73b946508 100755..100644
--- a/src/appconfig.c
+++ b/src/appconfig.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int load_config(char *filename, int overwrite_used)
 	if(!filename) filename = CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME;
 	FILE *fp = fopen(filename, "r");
 	if(!fp) {
-		error("Cannot open file '%s'", CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME);
+		error("Cannot open file '%s'", filename);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int load_config(char *filename, int overwrite_used)
 
 		if(!co) {
 			// line outside a section
-			error("Ignoring line %d ('%s'), it is outsize all sections.", line, s);
+			error("Ignoring line %d ('%s'), it is outside all sections.", line, s);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/appconfig.h b/src/appconfig.h
index 41d1e19bb..41d1e19bb 100755..100644
--- a/src/appconfig.h
+++ b/src/appconfig.h
diff --git a/src/apps_plugin.c b/src/apps_plugin.c
index 153687196..e8a6f43ae 100755..100644
--- a/src/apps_plugin.c
+++ b/src/apps_plugin.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -27,13 +28,20 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+
+#include "avl.h"
+
 #include "common.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "avl.h"
 #include "procfile.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
-#define MAX_COMPARE_NAME 15
+#define MAX_COMPARE_NAME 100
 #define MAX_NAME 100
+#define MAX_CMDLINE 1024
 
 unsigned long long Hertz = 1;
 
@@ -43,11 +51,15 @@ int debug = 0;
 
 int update_every = 1;
 unsigned long long file_counter = 0;
+int proc_pid_cmdline_is_needed = 0;
 
 char *host_prefix = "";
+char *config_dir = CONFIG_DIR;
 
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // memory debugger
+// do not use in production systems - it mis-aligns allocated memory
 
 struct allocations {
 	size_t allocations;
@@ -197,23 +209,26 @@ char *strdup_debug(const char *file, int line, const char *function, const char
 #endif
 #define strdup(ptr) strdup_debug(__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, (ptr))
 
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// helper functions
+// system functions
+// to retrieve settings of the system
 
-procfile *ff = NULL;
+long get_system_cpus(void) {
+	procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-long get_processors(void) {
 	int processors = 0;
 
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/stat", host_prefix);
 
-	ff = procfile_reopen(ff, filename, "", PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+	ff = procfile_open(filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
 	if(!ff) return 1;
 
 	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
 	if(!ff) {
-		// procfile_close(ff);
+		procfile_close(ff);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -226,32 +241,33 @@ long get_processors(void) {
 	processors--;
 	if(processors < 1) processors = 1;
 
-	// procfile_close(ff);
+	procfile_close(ff);
 	return processors;
 }
 
-long get_pid_max(void) {
+long get_system_pid_max(void) {
+	procfile *ff = NULL;
 	long mpid = 32768;
 
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max", host_prefix);
-	ff = procfile_reopen(ff, filename, "", PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+	ff = procfile_open(filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
 	if(!ff) return mpid;
 
 	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
 	if(!ff) {
-		// procfile_close(ff);
+		procfile_close(ff);
 		return mpid;
 	}
 
 	mpid = atol(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 0));
 	if(!mpid) mpid = 32768;
 
-	// procfile_close(ff);
+	procfile_close(ff);
 	return mpid;
 }
 
-unsigned long long get_hertz(void)
+unsigned long long get_system_hertz(void)
 {
 	unsigned long long myhz = 1;
 
@@ -263,10 +279,10 @@ unsigned long long get_hertz(void)
 
 #ifdef HZ
 	myhz = HZ;    /* <asm/param.h> */
-#else
+#else /* HZ */
 	/* If 32-bit or big-endian (not Alpha or ia64), assume HZ is 100. */
 	hz = (sizeof(long)==sizeof(int) || htons(999)==999) ? 100UL : 1024UL;
-#endif
+#endif /* HZ */
 
 	error("Unknown HZ value. Assuming %llu.", myhz);
 	return myhz;
@@ -275,13 +291,21 @@ unsigned long long get_hertz(void)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // target
-// target is the point to aggregate a process tree values
+// target is the structure that process data are aggregated
 
 struct target {
 	char compare[MAX_COMPARE_NAME + 1];
+	uint32_t comparehash;
+	size_t comparelen;
+
 	char id[MAX_NAME + 1];
+	uint32_t idhash;
+
 	char name[MAX_NAME + 1];
 
+	uid_t uid;
+	gid_t gid;
+
 	unsigned long long minflt;
 	unsigned long long cminflt;
 	unsigned long long majflt;
@@ -341,143 +365,248 @@ struct target {
 	int exposed;				// if set, we have sent this to netdata
 	int hidden;					// if set, we set the hidden flag on the dimension
 	int debug;
+	int ends_with;
+	int starts_with;            // if set, the compare string matches only the
+								// beginning of the command
 
-	struct target *target;	// the one that will be reported to netdata
+	struct target *target;		// the one that will be reported to netdata
 	struct target *next;
-} *target_root = NULL, *default_target = NULL;
+};
 
-long targets = 0;
 
-// find or create a target
-// there are targets that are just agregated to other target (the second argument)
-struct target *get_target(const char *id, struct target *target)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// apps_groups.conf
+// aggregate all processes in groups, to have a limited number of dimensions
+
+struct target *apps_groups_root_target = NULL;
+struct target *apps_groups_default_target = NULL;
+long apps_groups_targets = 0;
+
+struct target *users_root_target = NULL;
+struct target *groups_root_target = NULL;
+
+struct target *get_users_target(uid_t uid)
 {
-	const char *nid = id;
-	if(nid[0] == '-') nid++;
+	struct target *w;
+	for(w = users_root_target ; w ; w = w->next)
+		if(w->uid == uid) return w;
+
+	w = calloc(sizeof(struct target), 1);
+	if(unlikely(!w)) {
+		error("Cannot allocate %lu bytes of memory", (unsigned long)sizeof(struct target));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(w->compare, MAX_COMPARE_NAME, "%d", uid);
+	w->comparehash = simple_hash(w->compare);
+	w->comparelen = strlen(w->compare);
+
+	snprintf(w->id, MAX_NAME, "%d", uid);
+	w->idhash = simple_hash(w->id);
+
+	struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(uid);
+	if(!pw)
+		snprintf(w->name, MAX_NAME, "%d", uid);
+	else
+		snprintf(w->name, MAX_NAME, "%s", pw->pw_name);
+
+	netdata_fix_id(w->name);
+
+	w->uid = uid;
+
+	w->next = users_root_target;
+	users_root_target = w;
 
+	if(unlikely(debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: added uid %d ('%s') target\n", w->uid, w->name);
+
+	return w;
+}
+
+struct target *get_groups_target(gid_t gid)
+{
 	struct target *w;
-	for(w = target_root ; w ; w = w->next)
-		if(strncmp(nid, w->id, MAX_NAME) == 0) return w;
+	for(w = groups_root_target ; w ; w = w->next)
+		if(w->gid == gid) return w;
 
 	w = calloc(sizeof(struct target), 1);
-	if(!w) {
+	if(unlikely(!w)) {
 		error("Cannot allocate %lu bytes of memory", (unsigned long)sizeof(struct target));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	strncpy(w->id, nid, MAX_NAME);
-	strncpy(w->name, nid, MAX_NAME);
-	strncpy(w->compare, nid, MAX_COMPARE_NAME);
-	if(id[0] == '-') w->hidden = 1;
+	snprintf(w->compare, MAX_COMPARE_NAME, "%d", gid);
+	w->comparehash = simple_hash(w->compare);
+	w->comparelen = strlen(w->compare);
 
-	w->target = target;
+	snprintf(w->id, MAX_NAME, "%d", gid);
+	w->idhash = simple_hash(w->id);
 
-	w->next = target_root;
-	target_root = w;
+	struct group *gr = getgrgid(gid);
+	if(!gr)
+		snprintf(w->name, MAX_NAME, "%d", gid);
+	else
+		snprintf(w->name, MAX_NAME, "%s", gr->gr_name);
 
-	if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: adding hook for process '%s', compare '%s' on target '%s'\n", w->id, w->compare, w->target?w->target->id:"");
+	netdata_fix_id(w->name);
+
+	w->gid = gid;
+
+	w->next = groups_root_target;
+	groups_root_target = w;
+
+	if(unlikely(debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: added gid %d ('%s') target\n", w->gid, w->name);
 
 	return w;
 }
 
-// read the process groups file
-int read_process_groups(const char *name)
+// find or create a new target
+// there are targets that are just aggregated to other target (the second argument)
+struct target *get_apps_groups_target(const char *id, struct target *target)
 {
-	char buffer[4096+1];
-	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+	int tdebug = 0, thidden = 0, ends_with = 0;
+	const char *nid = id;
 
-	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/apps_%s.conf", CONFIG_DIR, name);
+	while(nid[0] == '-' || nid[0] == '+' || nid[0] == '*') {
+		if(nid[0] == '-') thidden = 1;
+		if(nid[0] == '+') tdebug = 1;
+		if(nid[0] == '*') ends_with = 1;
+		nid++;
+	}
+	uint32_t hash = simple_hash(id);
 
-	if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: process groups file: '%s'\n", filename);
-	FILE *fp = fopen(filename, "r");
-	if(!fp) {
-		error("Cannot open file '%s'", filename);
-		return 1;
+	struct target *w;
+	for(w = apps_groups_root_target ; w ; w = w->next) {
+		if(w->idhash == hash && strncmp(nid, w->id, MAX_NAME) == 0)
+			return w;
 	}
 
-	long line = 0;
-	while(fgets(buffer, 4096, fp) != NULL) {
-		int whidden = 0, wdebug = 0;
-		line++;
+	w = calloc(sizeof(struct target), 1);
+	if(unlikely(!w)) {
+		error("Cannot allocate %lu bytes of memory", (unsigned long)sizeof(struct target));
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-		// if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tread %s\n", buffer);
+	strncpy(w->id, nid, MAX_NAME);
+	w->idhash = simple_hash(w->id);
+
+	strncpy(w->name, nid, MAX_NAME);
 
-		char *s = buffer, *t, *p;
-		s = trim(s);
-		if(!s || !*s || *s == '#') continue;
+	strncpy(w->compare, nid, MAX_COMPARE_NAME);
+	int len = strlen(w->compare);
+	if(w->compare[len - 1] == '*') {
+		w->compare[len - 1] = '\0';
+		w->starts_with = 1;
+	}
+	w->ends_with = ends_with;
 
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tread %s\n", s);
+	if(w->starts_with && w->ends_with)
+		proc_pid_cmdline_is_needed = 1;
 
-		// the target name
-		t = strsep(&s, ":");
-		if(t) t = trim(t);
-		if(!t || !*t) continue;
+	w->comparehash = simple_hash(w->compare);
+	w->comparelen = strlen(w->compare);
 
-		while(t[0]) {
-			int stop = 1;
+	w->hidden = thidden;
+	w->debug = tdebug;
+	w->target = target;
 
-			switch(t[0]) {
-				case '-':
-					stop = 0;
-					whidden = 1;
-					t++;
-					break;
+	w->next = apps_groups_root_target;
+	apps_groups_root_target = w;
 
-				case '+':
-					stop = 0;
-					wdebug = 1;
-					t++;
-					break;
-			}
+	if(unlikely(debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: ADDING TARGET ID '%s', process name '%s' (%s), aggregated on target '%s', options: %s %s\n"
+		        , w->id
+				, w->compare, (w->starts_with && w->ends_with)?"substring":((w->starts_with)?"prefix":((w->ends_with)?"suffix":"exact"))
+				, w->target?w->target->id:w->id
+				, (w->hidden)?"hidden":"-"
+				, (w->debug)?"debug":"-"
+		);
 
-			if(stop) break;
-		}
+	return w;
+}
 
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\ttarget %s\n", t);
+// read the apps_groups.conf file
+int read_apps_groups_conf(const char *name)
+{
+	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 
-		struct target *w = NULL;
-		long count = 0;
-		int blen = 0;
-		char buffer[4097] = "";
-		buffer[4096] = '\0';
+	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/apps_%s.conf", config_dir, name);
+
+	if(unlikely(debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: process groups file: '%s'\n", filename);
 
-		// the process names
-		while((p = strsep(&s, " "))) {
-			p = trim(p);
-			if(!p || !*p) continue;
+	// ----------------------------------------
 
-			strncpy(&buffer[blen], p, 4096 - blen);
-			blen = strlen(buffer);
+	procfile *ff = procfile_open(filename, " :\t", PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+	if(!ff) return 1;
+
+	procfile_set_quotes(ff, "'\"");
+
+	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
+	if(!ff) {
+		procfile_close(ff);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	unsigned long line, lines = procfile_lines(ff);
+
+	for(line = 0; line < lines ;line++) {
+		unsigned long word, words = procfile_linewords(ff, line);
+		struct target *w = NULL;
+
+		char *t = procfile_lineword(ff, line, 0);
+		if(!t || !*t) continue;
 
-			while(buffer[blen - 1] == '\\') {
-				buffer[blen - 1] = ' ';
+		for(word = 0; word < words ;word++) {
+			char *s = procfile_lineword(ff, line, word);
+			if(!s || !*s) continue;
+			if(*s == '#') break;
 
-				if((p = strsep(&s, " ")))
-					p = trim(p);
+			if(t == s) continue;
 
-				if(!p || !*p) p = " ";
-				strncpy(&buffer[blen], p, 4096 - blen);
-				blen = strlen(buffer);
+			struct target *n = get_apps_groups_target(s, w);
+			if(!n) {
+				error("Cannot create target '%s' (line %d, word %d)", s, line, word);
+				continue;
 			}
 
-			struct target *n = get_target(buffer, w);
-			n->hidden = whidden;
-			n->debug = wdebug;
 			if(!w) w = n;
+		}
 
-			buffer[0] = '\0';
-			blen = 0;
+		if(w) {
+			int tdebug = 0, thidden = 0;
 
-			count++;
-		}
+			while(t[0] == '-' || t[0] == '+') {
+				if(t[0] == '-') thidden = 1;
+				if(t[0] == '+') tdebug = 1;
+				t++;
+			}
 
-		if(w) strncpy(w->name, t, MAX_NAME);
-		if(!count) error("The line %ld on file '%s', for group '%s' does not state any process names.", line, filename, t);
+			strncpy(w->name, t, MAX_NAME);
+			w->name[MAX_NAME] = '\0';
+			w->hidden = thidden;
+			w->debug = tdebug;
+
+			if(unlikely(debug))
+				fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: AGGREGATION TARGET NAME '%s' on ID '%s', process name '%s' (%s), aggregated on target '%s', options: %s %s\n"
+						, w->name
+						, w->id
+						, w->compare, (w->starts_with && w->ends_with)?"substring":((w->starts_with)?"prefix":((w->ends_with)?"suffix":"exact"))
+						, w->target?w->target->id:w->id
+						, (w->hidden)?"hidden":"-"
+						, (w->debug)?"debug":"-"
+				);
+		}
 	}
-	fclose(fp);
 
-	default_target = get_target("+p!o@w#e$i^r&7*5(-i)l-o_", NULL); // match nothing
-	strncpy(default_target->name, "other", MAX_NAME);
+	procfile_close(ff);
+
+	apps_groups_default_target = get_apps_groups_target("p+!o@w#e$i^r&7*5(-i)l-o_", NULL); // match nothing
+	if(!apps_groups_default_target)
+		error("Cannot create default target");
+	else
+		strncpy(apps_groups_default_target->name, "other", MAX_NAME);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -490,6 +619,8 @@ int read_process_groups(const char *name)
 struct pid_stat {
 	int32_t pid;
 	char comm[MAX_COMPARE_NAME + 1];
+	char cmdline[MAX_CMDLINE + 1];
+
 	// char state;
 	int32_t ppid;
 	// int32_t pgrp;
@@ -533,6 +664,9 @@ struct pid_stat {
 	// uint64_t guest_time;
 	// int64_t cguest_time;
 
+	uid_t uid;
+	gid_t gid;
+
 	unsigned long long statm_size;
 	unsigned long long statm_resident;
 	unsigned long long statm_share;
@@ -549,7 +683,29 @@ struct pid_stat {
 	unsigned long long io_storage_bytes_written;
 	unsigned long long io_cancelled_write_bytes;
 
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
+	// we need the last values
+	// for all incremental counters
+	// so that when a process switches users/groups
+	// we will subtract these values from the old
+	// target
+	unsigned long long last_minflt;
+	unsigned long long last_cminflt;
+	unsigned long long last_majflt;
+	unsigned long long last_cmajflt;
+	unsigned long long last_utime;
+	unsigned long long last_stime;
+	unsigned long long last_cutime;
+	unsigned long long last_cstime;
+
+	unsigned long long last_io_logical_bytes_read;
+	unsigned long long last_io_logical_bytes_written;
+	unsigned long long last_io_read_calls;
+	unsigned long long last_io_write_calls;
+	unsigned long long last_io_storage_bytes_read;
+	unsigned long long last_io_storage_bytes_written;
+	unsigned long long last_io_cancelled_write_bytes;
+
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
 	unsigned long long old_utime;
 	unsigned long long old_stime;
 	unsigned long long old_minflt;
@@ -569,19 +725,24 @@ struct pid_stat {
 	unsigned long long diff_cstime;
 	unsigned long long diff_cminflt;
 	unsigned long long diff_cmajflt;
-#endif
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
 
-	int *fds;					// array of fds it uses
-	int fds_size;				// the size of the fds array
+	int *fds;						// array of fds it uses
+	int fds_size;					// the size of the fds array
 
-	int childs;					// number of processes directly referencing this
-	int updated;				// 1 when update
-	int merged;					// 1 when it has been merged to its parent
+	int children_count;				// number of processes directly referencing this
+	int updated;					// 1 when update
+	int merged;						// 1 when it has been merged to its parent
 	int new_entry;
-	struct target *target;
+
+	struct target *target;			// app_groups.conf targets
+	struct target *user_target;		// uid based targets
+	struct target *group_target;	// gid based targets
+
 	struct pid_stat *parent;
 	struct pid_stat *prev;
 	struct pid_stat *next;
+
 } *root_of_pids = NULL, **all_pids;
 
 long all_pids_count = 0;
@@ -633,14 +794,68 @@ void del_pid_entry(pid_t pid)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // update pids from proc
 
+int read_proc_pid_cmdline(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d/cmdline", host_prefix, p->pid);
+
+	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0666);
+	if(unlikely(fd == -1)) return 1;
+
+	int i, bytes = read(fd, p->cmdline, MAX_CMDLINE);
+	close(fd);
+
+	if(bytes <= 0) {
+		// copy the command to the command line
+		strncpy(p->cmdline, p->comm, MAX_CMDLINE);
+		p->cmdline[MAX_CMDLINE] = '\0';
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	p->cmdline[bytes] = '\0';
+	for(i = 0; i < bytes ; i++)
+		if(!p->cmdline[i]) p->cmdline[i] = ' ';
+
+	if(unlikely(debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "Read file '%s' contents: %s\n", filename, p->cmdline);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int read_proc_pid_ownership(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+
+	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d", host_prefix, p->pid);
+
+	// ----------------------------------------
+	// read uid and gid
+
+	struct stat st;
+	if(stat(filename, &st) != 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	p->uid = st.st_uid;
+	p->gid = st.st_gid;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int read_proc_pid_stat(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	static procfile *ff = NULL;
+
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 
 	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d/stat", host_prefix, p->pid);
 
+	// ----------------------------------------
+
+	int set_quotes = (!ff)?1:0;
+
 	ff = procfile_reopen(ff, filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_NO_ERROR_ON_FILE_IO);
 	if(!ff) return 1;
 
+	// if(set_quotes) procfile_set_quotes(ff, "()");
+	if(set_quotes) procfile_set_open_close(ff, "(", ")");
+
 	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
 	if(!ff) {
 		// procfile_close(ff);
@@ -649,27 +864,10 @@ int read_proc_pid_stat(struct pid_stat *p) {
 
 	file_counter++;
 
-	p->comm[0] = '\0';
-	p->comm[MAX_COMPARE_NAME] = '\0';
-	size_t blen = 0;
-
-	char *s = procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 1);
-	if(*s == '(') s++;
-	size_t len = strlen(s);
+	// parse the process name
 	unsigned int i = 0;
-	while(len && s[len - 1] != ')') {
-		if(blen < MAX_COMPARE_NAME) {
-			strncpy(&p->comm[blen], s, MAX_COMPARE_NAME - blen);
-			blen = strlen(p->comm);
-		}
-
-		i++;
-		s = procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 1+i);
-		len = strlen(s);
-	}
-	if(len && s[len - 1] == ')') s[len - 1] = '\0';
-	if(blen < MAX_COMPARE_NAME)
-		strncpy(&p->comm[blen], s, MAX_COMPARE_NAME - blen);
+	strncpy(p->comm, procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 1), MAX_COMPARE_NAME);
+	p->comm[MAX_COMPARE_NAME] = '\0';
 
 	// p->pid			= atol(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 0+i));
 	// comm is at 1
@@ -716,13 +914,16 @@ int read_proc_pid_stat(struct pid_stat *p) {
 	// p->guest_time	= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 42+i), NULL, 10);
 	// p->cguest_time	= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, 43), NULL, 10);
 
-	if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: VALUES: %s utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu, threads=%d\n", p->comm, p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt, p->num_threads);
+	if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+		fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: READ PROC/PID/STAT: %s/proc/%d/stat, process: '%s' VALUES: utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu, threads=%d\n", host_prefix, p->pid, p->comm, p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt, p->num_threads);
 
 	// procfile_close(ff);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int read_proc_pid_statm(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	static procfile *ff = NULL;
+
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 
 	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d/statm", host_prefix, p->pid);
@@ -751,6 +952,8 @@ int read_proc_pid_statm(struct pid_stat *p) {
 }
 
 int read_proc_pid_io(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	static procfile *ff = NULL;
+
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 
 	snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d/io", host_prefix, p->pid);
@@ -780,56 +983,17 @@ int read_proc_pid_io(struct pid_stat *p) {
 
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
-// print a tree view of all processes
-int walk_down(pid_t pid, int level) {
-	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
-	char b[level+3];
-	int i, ret = 0;
-
-	for(i = 0; i < level; i++) b[i] = '\t';
-	b[level] = '|';
-	b[level+1] = '-';
-	b[level+2] = '\0';
-
-	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-		if(p->ppid == pid) {
-			ret += walk_down(p->pid, level+1);
-		}
-	}
-
-	p = all_pids[pid];
-	if(p) {
-		if(!p->updated) ret += 1;
-		if(ret) fprintf(stderr, "%s %s %d [%s, %s] c=%d u=%llu+%llu, s=%llu+%llu, cu=%llu+%llu, cs=%llu+%llu, n=%llu+%llu, j=%llu+%llu, cn=%llu+%llu, cj=%llu+%llu\n"
-			, b, p->comm, p->pid, p->updated?"OK":"KILLED", p->target->name, p->childs
-			, p->utime, p->utime - p->old_utime
-			, p->stime, p->stime - p->old_stime
-			, p->cutime, p->cutime - p->old_cutime
-			, p->cstime, p->cstime - p->old_cstime
-			, p->minflt, p->minflt - p->old_minflt
-			, p->majflt, p->majflt - p->old_majflt
-			, p->cminflt, p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt
-			, p->cmajflt, p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt
-			);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
-
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // file descriptor
 // this is used to keep a global list of all open files of the system
-// it is needed in order to figure out the unique files a process tree has open
+// it is needed in order to calculate the unique files processes have open
 
 #define FILE_DESCRIPTORS_INCREASE_STEP 100
 
 struct file_descriptor {
 	avl avl;
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 	uint32_t magic;
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 	uint32_t hash;
 	const char *name;
 	int type;
@@ -841,25 +1005,33 @@ int all_files_len = 0;
 int all_files_size = 0;
 
 int file_descriptor_compare(void* a, void* b) {
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 	if(((struct file_descriptor *)a)->magic != 0x0BADCAFE || ((struct file_descriptor *)b)->magic != 0x0BADCAFE)
 		error("Corrupted index data detected. Please report this.");
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 
 	if(((struct file_descriptor *)a)->hash < ((struct file_descriptor *)b)->hash)
 		return -1;
+
 	else if(((struct file_descriptor *)a)->hash > ((struct file_descriptor *)b)->hash)
 		return 1;
-	else return strcmp(((struct file_descriptor *)a)->name, ((struct file_descriptor *)b)->name);
+
+	else
+		return strcmp(((struct file_descriptor *)a)->name, ((struct file_descriptor *)b)->name);
 }
+
 int file_descriptor_iterator(avl *a) { if(a) {}; return 0; }
 
 avl_tree all_files_index = {
 		NULL,
 		file_descriptor_compare,
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 		PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
 #else
 		PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 };
 
 static struct file_descriptor *file_descriptor_find(const char *name, uint32_t hash) {
@@ -868,7 +1040,9 @@ static struct file_descriptor *file_descriptor_find(const char *name, uint32_t h
 	tmp.name = name;
 	tmp.count = 0;
 	tmp.pos = 0;
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 	tmp.magic = 0x0BADCAFE;
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 
 	avl_search(&all_files_index, (avl *)&tmp, file_descriptor_iterator, (avl **)&result);
 	return result;
@@ -890,10 +1064,13 @@ static struct file_descriptor *file_descriptor_find(const char *name, uint32_t h
 void file_descriptor_not_used(int id)
 {
 	if(id > 0 && id < all_files_size) {
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 		if(all_files[id].magic != 0x0BADCAFE) {
 			error("Ignoring request to remove empty file id %d.", id);
 			return;
 		}
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 
 		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: decreasing slot %d (count = %d).\n", id, all_files[id].count);
 
@@ -903,7 +1080,9 @@ void file_descriptor_not_used(int id)
 			if(!all_files[id].count) {
 				if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin:   >> slot %d is empty.\n", id);
 				file_descriptor_remove(&all_files[id]);
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 				all_files[id].magic = 0x00000000;
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 				all_files_len--;
 			}
 		}
@@ -953,7 +1132,9 @@ int file_descriptor_find_or_add(const char *name)
 		for(i = all_files_size; i < (all_files_size + FILE_DESCRIPTORS_INCREASE_STEP); i++) {
 			all_files[i].count = 0;
 			all_files[i].name = NULL;
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 			all_files[i].magic = 0x00000000;
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 			all_files[i].pos = i;
 		}
 
@@ -972,8 +1153,10 @@ int file_descriptor_find_or_add(const char *name)
 		if(!all_files[c].count) {
 			if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin:   >> Examining slot %d.\n", c);
 
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 			if(all_files[c].magic == 0x0BADCAFE && all_files[c].name && file_descriptor_find(all_files[c].name, all_files[c].hash))
 				error("fd on position %d is not cleared properly. It still has %s in it.\n", c, all_files[c].name);
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 
 			if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin:   >> %s fd position %d for %s (last name: %s)\n", all_files[c].name?"re-using":"using", c, name, all_files[c].name);
 			if(all_files[c].name) free((void *)all_files[c].name);
@@ -1015,8 +1198,9 @@ int file_descriptor_find_or_add(const char *name)
 	all_files[c].type = type;
 	all_files[c].pos  = c;
 	all_files[c].count = 1;
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 	all_files[c].magic = 0x0BADCAFE;
-
+#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
 	file_descriptor_add(&all_files[c]);
 
 	if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: using fd position %d (name: %s)\n", c, all_files[c].name);
@@ -1024,6 +1208,81 @@ int file_descriptor_find_or_add(const char *name)
 	return c;
 }
 
+int read_pid_file_descriptors(struct pid_stat *p) {
+	char dirname[FILENAME_MAX+1];
+
+	snprintf(dirname, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%d/fd", host_prefix, p->pid);
+	DIR *fds = opendir(dirname);
+	if(fds) {
+		int c;
+		struct dirent *de;
+		char fdname[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+		char linkname[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+
+		// make the array negative
+		for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++)
+			p->fds[c] = -p->fds[c];
+
+		while((de = readdir(fds))) {
+			if(strcmp(de->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(de->d_name, "..") == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			// check if the fds array is small
+			int fdid = atoi(de->d_name);
+			if(fdid < 0) continue;
+			if(fdid >= p->fds_size) {
+				// it is small, extend it
+				if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: extending fd memory slots for %s from %d to %d\n", p->comm, p->fds_size, fdid + 100);
+				p->fds = realloc(p->fds, (fdid + 100) * sizeof(int));
+				if(!p->fds) {
+					error("Cannot re-allocate fds for %s", p->comm);
+					break;
+				}
+
+				// and initialize it
+				for(c = p->fds_size ; c < (fdid + 100) ; c++) p->fds[c] = 0;
+				p->fds_size = fdid + 100;
+			}
+
+			if(p->fds[fdid] == 0) {
+				// we don't know this fd, get it
+
+				sprintf(fdname, "%s/proc/%d/fd/%s", host_prefix, p->pid, de->d_name);
+				ssize_t l = readlink(fdname, linkname, FILENAME_MAX);
+				if(l == -1) {
+					if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) {
+						if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+							error("Cannot read link %s", fdname);
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+				linkname[l] = '\0';
+				file_counter++;
+
+				// if another process already has this, we will get
+				// the same id
+				p->fds[fdid] = file_descriptor_find_or_add(linkname);
+			}
+
+			// else make it positive again, we need it
+			// of course, the actual file may have changed, but we don't care so much
+			// FIXME: we could compare the inode as returned by readdir direct structure
+			else p->fds[fdid] = -p->fds[fdid];
+		}
+		closedir(fds);
+
+		// remove all the negative file descriptors
+		for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++) if(p->fds[c] < 0) {
+			file_descriptor_not_used(-p->fds[c]);
+			p->fds[c] = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	else return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // 1. read all files in /proc
 // 2. for each numeric directory:
@@ -1041,11 +1300,8 @@ int file_descriptor_find_or_add(const char *name)
 // to avoid filling up all disk space
 // if debug is enabled, all errors are printed
 
-int update_from_proc(void)
+int collect_data_for_all_processes_from_proc(void)
 {
-	static long count_errors = 0;
-
-	char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];
 	char dirname[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 
 	snprintf(dirname, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc", host_prefix);
@@ -1061,38 +1317,73 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 		all_pids_count++;
 		p->parent = NULL;
 		p->updated = 0;
-		p->childs = 0;
+		p->children_count = 0;
 		p->merged = 0;
 		p->new_entry = 0;
+
+        p->last_minflt  = p->minflt;
+        p->last_cminflt  = p->cminflt;
+        p->last_majflt  = p->majflt;
+        p->last_cmajflt  = p->cmajflt;
+        p->last_utime  = p->utime;
+        p->last_stime  = p->stime;
+        p->last_cutime  = p->cutime;
+        p->last_cstime  = p->cstime;
+
+        p->last_io_logical_bytes_read  = p->io_logical_bytes_read;
+        p->last_io_logical_bytes_written  = p->io_logical_bytes_written;
+        p->last_io_read_calls  = p->io_read_calls;
+        p->last_io_write_calls  = p->io_write_calls;
+        p->last_io_storage_bytes_read  = p->io_storage_bytes_read;
+        p->last_io_storage_bytes_written  = p->io_storage_bytes_written;
+        p->last_io_cancelled_write_bytes  = p->io_cancelled_write_bytes;
 	}
 
 	while((file = readdir(dir))) {
 		char *endptr = file->d_name;
 		pid_t pid = (pid_t) strtoul(file->d_name, &endptr, 10);
-		if(pid <= 0 || pid > pid_max || endptr == file->d_name || *endptr != '\0') continue;
+
+		// make sure we read a valid number
+		if(unlikely(pid <= 0 || pid > pid_max || endptr == file->d_name || *endptr != '\0'))
+			continue;
 
 		p = get_pid_entry(pid);
-		if(!p) continue;
+		if(unlikely(!p)) continue;
+
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 		// /proc/<pid>/stat
 
-		if(read_proc_pid_stat(p)) {
-			if(!count_errors++ || debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+		if(unlikely(read_proc_pid_stat(p))) {
 				error("Cannot process %s/proc/%d/stat", host_prefix, pid);
 
+			// there is no reason to proceed if we cannot get its status
 			continue;
 		}
-		if(p->ppid < 0 || p->ppid > pid_max) p->ppid = 0;
 
+		// check its parent pid
+		if(unlikely(p->ppid < 0 || p->ppid > pid_max)) {
+				error("Pid %d states invalid parent pid %d. Using 0.", pid, p->ppid);
+
+			p->ppid = 0;
+		}
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// /proc/<pid>/cmdline
+
+		if(proc_pid_cmdline_is_needed) {
+			if(unlikely(read_proc_pid_cmdline(p))) {
+					error("Cannot process %s/proc/%d/cmdline", host_prefix, pid);
+			}
+		}
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 		// /proc/<pid>/statm
 
-		if(read_proc_pid_statm(p)) {
-			if(!count_errors++ || debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+		if(unlikely(read_proc_pid_statm(p))) {
 				error("Cannot process %s/proc/%d/statm", host_prefix, pid);
 
+			// there is no reason to proceed if we cannot get its memory status
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -1100,11 +1391,19 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 		// /proc/<pid>/io
 
-		if(read_proc_pid_io(p)) {
-			if(!count_errors++ || debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+		if(unlikely(read_proc_pid_io(p))) {
 				error("Cannot process %s/proc/%d/io", host_prefix, pid);
 
-			continue;
+			// on systems without /proc/X/io
+			// allow proceeding without I/O information
+			// continue;
+		}
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// <pid> ownership
+
+		if(unlikely(read_proc_pid_ownership(p))) {
+				error("Cannot stat %s/proc/%d", host_prefix, pid);
 		}
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1112,18 +1411,30 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 
 		// check if it is target
 		// we do this only once, the first time this pid is loaded
-		if(p->new_entry) {
+		if(unlikely(p->new_entry)) {
 			if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tJust added %s\n", p->comm);
+			uint32_t hash = simple_hash(p->comm);
+			size_t pclen = strlen(p->comm);
 
 			struct target *w;
-			for(w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+			for(w = apps_groups_root_target; w ; w = w->next) {
 				// if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tcomparing '%s' with '%s'\n", w->compare, p->comm);
 
-				if(strcmp(w->compare, p->comm) == 0) {
+				// find it - 4 cases:
+				// 1. the target is not a pattern
+				// 2. the target has the prefix
+				// 3. the target has the suffix
+				// 4. the target is something inside cmdline
+				if(	(!w->starts_with && !w->ends_with && w->comparehash == hash && !strcmp(w->compare, p->comm))
+				       || (w->starts_with && !w->ends_with && !strncmp(w->compare, p->comm, w->comparelen))
+				       || (!w->starts_with && w->ends_with && pclen >= w->comparelen && !strcmp(w->compare, &p->comm[pclen - w->comparelen]))
+				       || (proc_pid_cmdline_is_needed && w->starts_with && w->ends_with && strstr(p->cmdline, w->compare))
+						) {
 					if(w->target) p->target = w->target;
 					else p->target = w;
 
-					if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\t%s linked to target %s\n", p->comm, p->target->name);
+					if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+						fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\t%s linked to target %s\n", p->comm, p->target->name);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1131,69 +1442,8 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 		// /proc/<pid>/fd
 
-		snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/proc/%s/fd", host_prefix, file->d_name);
-		DIR *fds = opendir(filename);
-		if(fds) {
-			int c;
-			struct dirent *de;
-			char fdname[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
-			char linkname[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
-
-			// make the array negative
-			for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++) p->fds[c] = -p->fds[c];
-
-			while((de = readdir(fds))) {
-				if(strcmp(de->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(de->d_name, "..") == 0) continue;
-
-				// check if the fds array is small
-				int fdid = atoi(de->d_name);
-				if(fdid < 0) continue;
-				if(fdid >= p->fds_size) {
-					// it is small, extend it
-					if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: extending fd memory slots for %s from %d to %d\n", p->comm, p->fds_size, fdid + 100);
-					p->fds = realloc(p->fds, (fdid + 100) * sizeof(int));
-					if(!p->fds) {
-						error("Cannot re-allocate fds for %s", p->comm);
-						break;
-					}
-
-					// and initialize it
-					for(c = p->fds_size ; c < (fdid + 100) ; c++) p->fds[c] = 0;
-					p->fds_size = fdid + 100;
-				}
-
-				if(p->fds[fdid] == 0) {
-					// we don't know this fd, get it
-
-					sprintf(fdname, "%s/proc/%s/fd/%s", host_prefix, file->d_name, de->d_name);
-					ssize_t l = readlink(fdname, linkname, FILENAME_MAX);
-					if(l == -1) {
-						if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) {
-							if(!count_errors++ || debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
-								error("Cannot read link %s", fdname);
-						}
-						continue;
-					}
-					linkname[l] = '\0';
-					file_counter++;
-
-					// if another process already has this, we will get
-					// the same id
-					p->fds[fdid] = file_descriptor_find_or_add(linkname);
-				}
-
-				// else make it positive again, we need it
-				// of course, the actual file may have changed, but we don't care so much
-				// FIXME: we could compare the inode as returned by readdir direct structure
-				else p->fds[fdid] = -p->fds[fdid];
-			}
-			closedir(fds);
-
-			// remove all the negative file descriptors
-			for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++) if(p->fds[c] < 0) {
-				file_descriptor_not_used(-p->fds[c]);
-				p->fds[c] = 0;
-			}
+		if(unlikely(read_pid_file_descriptors(p))) {
+				error("Cannot process entries in %s/proc/%d/fd", host_prefix, pid);
 		}
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1202,10 +1452,6 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 		// mark it as updated
 		p->updated = 1;
 	}
-	if(count_errors > 1000) {
-		error("%ld more errors encountered\n", count_errors - 1);
-		count_errors = 0;
-	}
 
 	closedir(dir);
 
@@ -1214,6 +1460,48 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+// print a tree view of all processes
+int debug_childrens_aggregations(pid_t pid, int level) {
+	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
+	char b[level+3];
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	for(i = 0; i < level; i++) b[i] = '\t';
+	b[level] = '|';
+	b[level+1] = '-';
+	b[level+2] = '\0';
+
+	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+		if(p->ppid == pid) {
+			ret += debug_childrens_aggregations(p->pid, level+1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	p = all_pids[pid];
+	if(p) {
+		if(!p->updated) ret += 1;
+		if(ret) fprintf(stderr, "%s %s %d [%s, %s] c=%d u=%llu+%llu, s=%llu+%llu, cu=%llu+%llu, cs=%llu+%llu, n=%llu+%llu, j=%llu+%llu, cn=%llu+%llu, cj=%llu+%llu\n"
+			, b, p->comm, p->pid, p->updated?"OK":"KILLED", p->target->name, p->children_count
+			, p->utime, p->utime - p->old_utime
+			, p->stime, p->stime - p->old_stime
+			, p->cutime, p->cutime - p->old_cutime
+			, p->cstime, p->cstime - p->old_cstime
+			, p->minflt, p->minflt - p->old_minflt
+			, p->majflt, p->majflt - p->old_majflt
+			, p->cminflt, p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt
+			, p->cmajflt, p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt
+			);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // update statistics on the targets
 
 // 1. link all childs to their parents
@@ -1223,87 +1511,41 @@ int update_from_proc(void)
 // 4. go from top to bottom, linking all childs without a target, to their parent target
 //    after this step, all processes have a target
 // [5. for each killed pid (updated = 0), remove its usage from its target]
-// 6. zero all targets
-// 7. concentrate all values on the targets
+// 6. zero all apps_groups_targets
+// 7. concentrate all values on the apps_groups_targets
 // 8. remove all killed processes
 // 9. find the unique file count for each target
+// check: update_apps_groups_statistics()
 
-void update_statistics(void)
-{
-	int c;
+void link_all_processes_to_their_parents(void) {
 	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
 
-	// link all parents and update childs count
+	// link all children to their parents
+	// and update children count on parents
 	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-		if(p->ppid > 0 && p->ppid <= pid_max && all_pids[p->ppid]) {
-			if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tparent of %d %s is %d %s\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->ppid, all_pids[p->ppid]->comm);
+		// for each process found running
 
-			p->parent = all_pids[p->ppid];
-			p->parent->childs++;
-		}
-		else if(p->ppid != 0) error("pid %d %s states parent %d, but the later does not exist.", p->pid, p->comm, p->ppid);
-	}
+		if(p->ppid > 0
+				&& p->ppid <= pid_max
+				&& all_pids[p->ppid]
+			) {
+			// for valid processes
 
-	// find all the procs with 0 childs and merge them to their parents
-	// repeat, until nothing more can be done.
-	int found = 1;
-	while(found) {
-		found = 0;
-		for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-			// if this process does not have any childs, and
-			// is not already merged, and
-			// its parent has childs waiting to be merged, and
-			// the target of this process and its parent is the same, or the parent does not have a target, or this process does not have a parent
-			// and its parent is not init
-			// then... merge them!
-			if(!p->childs && !p->merged && p->parent && p->parent->childs && (p->target == p->parent->target || !p->parent->target || !p->target) && p->ppid != 1) {
-				p->parent->childs--;
-				p->merged = 1;
-
-				// the parent inherits the child's target, if it does not have a target itself
-				if(p->target && !p->parent->target) {
-					p->parent->target = p->target;
-					if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug)) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\ttarget %s is inherited by %d %s from its child %d %s.\n", p->target->name, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm, p->pid, p->comm);
-				}
+			if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+				fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tparent of %d (%s) is %d (%s)\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->ppid, all_pids[p->ppid]->comm);
 
-				found++;
-			}
+			p->parent = all_pids[p->ppid];
+			p->parent->children_count++;
 		}
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: merged %d processes\n", found);
-	}
-
-	// give a default target on all top level processes
-	// init goes always to default target
-	if(all_pids[1]) all_pids[1]->target = default_target;
-
-	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-		// if the process is not merged itself
-		// then is is a top level process
-		if(!p->merged && !p->target) p->target = default_target;
-
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
-		// by the way, update the diffs
-		// will be used later for substracting killed process times
-		p->diff_cutime = p->utime - p->cutime;
-		p->diff_cstime = p->stime - p->cstime;
-		p->diff_cminflt = p->minflt - p->cminflt;
-		p->diff_cmajflt = p->majflt - p->cmajflt;
-#endif
+		else if(p->ppid != 0)
+			error("pid %d %s states parent %d, but the later does not exist.", p->pid, p->comm, p->ppid);
 	}
+}
 
-	// give a target to all merged child processes
-	found = 1;
-	while(found) {
-		found = 0;
-		for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-			if(!p->target && p->merged && p->parent && p->parent->target) {
-				p->target = p->parent->target;
-				found++;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+void aggregate_children_to_parents(void) {
+	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
 
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
 	// for each killed process, remove its values from the parents
 	// sums (we had already added them in a previous loop)
 	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
@@ -1356,17 +1598,140 @@ void update_statistics(void)
 		if(diff_minflt) error("Cannot fix up minflt %llu", diff_minflt);
 		if(diff_majflt) error("Cannot fix up majflt %llu", diff_majflt);
 	}
-#endif
+}
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+
+void cleanup_non_existing_pids(void) {
+	int c;
+	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
+
+	for(p = root_of_pids; p ;) {
+		if(!p->updated) {
+//			fprintf(stderr, "\tEXITED %d %s [parent %d %s, target %s] utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm, p->target->name,  p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt);
+
+			for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++) if(p->fds[c] > 0) {
+				file_descriptor_not_used(p->fds[c]);
+				p->fds[c] = 0;
+			}
+
+			pid_t r = p->pid;
+			p = p->next;
+			del_pid_entry(r);
+		}
+		else p = p->next;
+	}
+}
+
+void apply_apps_groups_targets_inheritance(void) {
+	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
+
+	// children that do not have a target
+	// inherit their target from their parent
+	int found = 1;
+	while(found) {
+		found = 0;
+		for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+			// if this process does not have a target
+			// and it has a parent
+			// and its parent has a target
+			// then, set the parent's target to this process
+			if(unlikely(!p->target && p->parent && p->parent->target)) {
+				p->target = p->parent->target;
+				found++;
+
+				if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+					fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tTARGET INHERITANCE: %s is inherited by %d (%s) from its parent %d (%s).\n", p->target->name, p->pid, p->comm, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	// find all the procs with 0 childs and merge them to their parents
+	// repeat, until nothing more can be done.
+	found = 1;
+	while(found) {
+		found = 0;
+		for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+			// if this process does not have any children
+			// and is not already merged
+			// and has a parent
+			// and its parent has children
+			// and the target of this process and its parent is the same, or the parent does not have a target
+			// and its parent is not init
+			// then, mark them as merged.
+			if(unlikely(
+					!p->children_count
+					&& !p->merged
+					&& p->parent
+					&& p->parent->children_count
+					&& (p->target == p->parent->target || !p->parent->target)
+					&& p->ppid != 1
+				)) {
+				p->parent->children_count--;
+				p->merged = 1;
 
-	// zero all the targets
-	targets = 0;
+				// the parent inherits the child's target, if it does not have a target itself
+				if(unlikely(p->target && !p->parent->target)) {
+					p->parent->target = p->target;
+
+					if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+						fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tTARGET INHERITANCE: %s is inherited by %d (%s) from its child %d (%s).\n", p->target->name, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm, p->pid, p->comm);
+				}
+
+				found++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(debug)
+			fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: merged %d processes\n", found);
+	}
+
+	// init goes always to default target
+	if(all_pids[1])
+		all_pids[1]->target = apps_groups_default_target;
+
+	// give a default target on all top level processes
+	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+		// if the process is not merged itself
+		// then is is a top level process
+		if(!p->merged && !p->target)
+			p->target = apps_groups_default_target;
+
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+		// by the way, update the diffs
+		// will be used later for subtracting killed process times
+		p->diff_cutime = p->utime - p->cutime;
+		p->diff_cstime = p->stime - p->cstime;
+		p->diff_cminflt = p->minflt - p->cminflt;
+		p->diff_cmajflt = p->majflt - p->cmajflt;
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+	}
+
+	// give a target to all merged child processes
+	found = 1;
+	while(found) {
+		found = 0;
+		for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+			if(unlikely(!p->target && p->merged && p->parent && p->parent->target)) {
+				p->target = p->parent->target;
+				found++;
+
+				if(debug || (p->target && p->target->debug))
+					fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tTARGET INHERITANCE: %s is inherited by %d (%s) from its parent %d (%s) at phase 2.\n", p->target->name, p->pid, p->comm, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+long zero_all_targets(struct target *root) {
 	struct target *w;
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
-		targets++;
+	long count = 0;
 
-		w->fds = calloc(sizeof(int), (size_t) all_files_size);
-		if(!w->fds)
-			error("Cannot allocate memory for fds in %s", w->name);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
+		count++;
+
+		if(w->fds) free(w->fds);
+		w->fds = NULL;
 
 		w->minflt = 0;
 		w->majflt = 0;
@@ -1397,131 +1762,175 @@ void update_statistics(void)
 		w->io_cancelled_write_bytes = 0;
 	}
 
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
-	if(debug) walk_down(0, 1);
-#endif
+	return count;
+}
 
-	// concentrate everything on the targets
-	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
-		if(!p->target) {
-			error("pid %d %s was left without a target!", p->pid, p->comm);
-			continue;
-		}
+void aggregate_pid_on_target(struct target *w, struct pid_stat *p, struct target *o) {
+	if(unlikely(!w->fds)) {
+		w->fds = calloc(sizeof(int), (size_t) all_files_size);
+		if(unlikely(!w->fds))
+			error("Cannot allocate memory for fds in %s", w->name);
+	}
 
-		if(p->updated) {
-			p->target->cutime += p->cutime; // - p->fix_cutime;
-			p->target->cstime += p->cstime; // - p->fix_cstime;
-			p->target->cminflt += p->cminflt; // - p->fix_cminflt;
-			p->target->cmajflt += p->cmajflt; // - p->fix_cmajflt;
+	if(likely(p->updated)) {
+		w->cutime += p->cutime; // - p->fix_cutime;
+		w->cstime += p->cstime; // - p->fix_cstime;
+		w->cminflt += p->cminflt; // - p->fix_cminflt;
+		w->cmajflt += p->cmajflt; // - p->fix_cmajflt;
 
-			p->target->utime += p->utime; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cutime - p->fix_cutime):0;
-			p->target->stime += p->stime; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cstime - p->fix_cstime):0;
-			p->target->minflt += p->minflt; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cminflt - p->fix_cminflt):0;
-			p->target->majflt += p->majflt; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cmajflt - p->fix_cmajflt):0;
+		w->utime += p->utime; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cutime - p->fix_cutime):0;
+		w->stime += p->stime; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cstime - p->fix_cstime):0;
+		w->minflt += p->minflt; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cminflt - p->fix_cminflt):0;
+		w->majflt += p->majflt; //+ (p->pid != 1)?(p->cmajflt - p->fix_cmajflt):0;
 
-			//if(p->num_threads < 0)
-			//	error("Negative threads number for pid '%s' (%d): %d", p->comm, p->pid, p->num_threads);
+		//if(p->num_threads < 0)
+		//	error("Negative threads number for pid '%s' (%d): %d", p->comm, p->pid, p->num_threads);
 
-			//if(p->num_threads > 10000)
-			//	error("Excessive threads number for pid '%s' (%d): %d", p->comm, p->pid, p->num_threads);
+		//if(p->num_threads > 10000)
+		//	error("Excessive threads number for pid '%s' (%d): %d", p->comm, p->pid, p->num_threads);
 
-			p->target->num_threads += p->num_threads;
-			p->target->rss += p->rss;
+		w->num_threads += p->num_threads;
+		w->rss += p->rss;
 
-			p->target->statm_size += p->statm_size;
-			p->target->statm_resident += p->statm_resident;
-			p->target->statm_share += p->statm_share;
-			p->target->statm_text += p->statm_text;
-			p->target->statm_lib += p->statm_lib;
-			p->target->statm_data += p->statm_data;
-			p->target->statm_dirty += p->statm_dirty;
+		w->statm_size += p->statm_size;
+		w->statm_resident += p->statm_resident;
+		w->statm_share += p->statm_share;
+		w->statm_text += p->statm_text;
+		w->statm_lib += p->statm_lib;
+		w->statm_data += p->statm_data;
+		w->statm_dirty += p->statm_dirty;
 
-			p->target->io_logical_bytes_read += p->io_logical_bytes_read;
-			p->target->io_logical_bytes_written += p->io_logical_bytes_written;
-			p->target->io_read_calls += p->io_read_calls;
-			p->target->io_write_calls += p->io_write_calls;
-			p->target->io_storage_bytes_read += p->io_storage_bytes_read;
-			p->target->io_storage_bytes_written += p->io_storage_bytes_written;
-			p->target->io_cancelled_write_bytes += p->io_cancelled_write_bytes;
+		w->io_logical_bytes_read += p->io_logical_bytes_read;
+		w->io_logical_bytes_written += p->io_logical_bytes_written;
+		w->io_read_calls += p->io_read_calls;
+		w->io_write_calls += p->io_write_calls;
+		w->io_storage_bytes_read += p->io_storage_bytes_read;
+		w->io_storage_bytes_written += p->io_storage_bytes_written;
+		w->io_cancelled_write_bytes += p->io_cancelled_write_bytes;
 
-			p->target->processes++;
+		w->processes++;
 
+		if(likely(w->fds)) {
+			int c;
 			for(c = 0; c < p->fds_size ;c++) {
 				if(p->fds[c] == 0) continue;
-				if(p->fds[c] < all_files_size) {
-					if(p->target->fds) p->target->fds[p->fds[c]]++;
+
+				if(likely(p->fds[c] < all_files_size)) {
+					if(w->fds) w->fds[p->fds[c]]++;
 				}
 				else
 					error("Invalid fd number %d", p->fds[c]);
 			}
+		}
 
-			if(debug || p->target->debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tAgregating %s pid %d on %s utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu\n", p->comm, p->pid, p->target->name, p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt);
-
-/*			if(p->utime - p->old_utime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s utime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->utime - p->old_utime, p->old_utime, p->utime);
-			if(p->cutime - p->old_cutime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cutime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cutime - p->old_cutime, p->old_cutime, p->cutime);
-			if(p->stime - p->old_stime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s stime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->stime - p->old_stime, p->old_stime, p->stime);
-			if(p->cstime - p->old_cstime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cstime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cstime - p->old_cstime, p->old_cstime, p->cstime);
-			if(p->minflt - p->old_minflt > 5000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s minflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->minflt - p->old_minflt, p->old_minflt, p->minflt);
-			if(p->majflt - p->old_majflt > 5000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s majflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->majflt - p->old_majflt, p->old_majflt, p->majflt);
-			if(p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt > 15000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cminflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt, p->old_cminflt, p->cminflt);
-			if(p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt > 15000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cmajflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt, p->old_cmajflt, p->cmajflt);
+		if(unlikely(debug || w->debug))
+			fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \tAgregating %s pid %d on %s utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu\n", p->comm, p->pid, w->name, p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt);
+
+/*		if(p->utime - p->old_utime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s utime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->utime - p->old_utime, p->old_utime, p->utime);
+		if(p->cutime - p->old_cutime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cutime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cutime - p->old_cutime, p->old_cutime, p->cutime);
+		if(p->stime - p->old_stime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s stime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->stime - p->old_stime, p->old_stime, p->stime);
+		if(p->cstime - p->old_cstime > 100) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cstime increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cstime - p->old_cstime, p->old_cstime, p->cstime);
+		if(p->minflt - p->old_minflt > 5000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s minflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->minflt - p->old_minflt, p->old_minflt, p->minflt);
+		if(p->majflt - p->old_majflt > 5000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s majflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->majflt - p->old_majflt, p->old_majflt, p->majflt);
+		if(p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt > 15000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cminflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cminflt - p->old_cminflt, p->old_cminflt, p->cminflt);
+		if(p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt > 15000) fprintf(stderr, "BIG CHANGE: %d %s cmajflt increased by %llu from %llu to %llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->cmajflt - p->old_cmajflt, p->old_cmajflt, p->cmajflt);
 */
-#ifdef INCLUDE_CHILDS
-			p->old_utime = p->utime;
-			p->old_cutime = p->cutime;
-			p->old_stime = p->stime;
-			p->old_cstime = p->cstime;
-			p->old_minflt = p->minflt;
-			p->old_majflt = p->majflt;
-			p->old_cminflt = p->cminflt;
-			p->old_cmajflt = p->cmajflt;
-#endif
-		}
-		else {
-			// since the process has exited, the user
-			// will see a drop in our charts, because the incremental
-			// values of this process will not be there
-
-			// add them to the fix_* values and they will be added to
-			// the reported values, so that the report goes steady
-			p->target->fix_minflt += p->minflt;
-			p->target->fix_majflt += p->majflt;
-			p->target->fix_utime += p->utime;
-			p->target->fix_stime += p->stime;
-			p->target->fix_cminflt += p->cminflt;
-			p->target->fix_cmajflt += p->cmajflt;
-			p->target->fix_cutime += p->cutime;
-			p->target->fix_cstime += p->cstime;
-
-			p->target->fix_io_logical_bytes_read += p->io_logical_bytes_read;
-			p->target->fix_io_logical_bytes_written += p->io_logical_bytes_written;
-			p->target->fix_io_read_calls += p->io_read_calls;
-			p->target->fix_io_write_calls += p->io_write_calls;
-			p->target->fix_io_storage_bytes_read += p->io_storage_bytes_read;
-			p->target->fix_io_storage_bytes_written += p->io_storage_bytes_written;
-			p->target->fix_io_cancelled_write_bytes += p->io_cancelled_write_bytes;
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+		p->old_utime = p->utime;
+		p->old_cutime = p->cutime;
+		p->old_stime = p->stime;
+		p->old_cstime = p->cstime;
+		p->old_minflt = p->minflt;
+		p->old_majflt = p->majflt;
+		p->old_cminflt = p->cminflt;
+		p->old_cmajflt = p->cmajflt;
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+
+		if(o) {
+			// since the process switched target
+			// for all incremental values
+			// we have to subtract its OLD values from the new target
+			// and add its OLD values to the old target
+
+			// IMPORTANT
+			// We add/subtract the last/OLD values we added to the target
+
+			w->fix_cutime -= p->last_cutime;
+			w->fix_cstime -= p->last_cstime;
+			w->fix_cminflt -= p->last_cminflt;
+			w->fix_cmajflt -= p->last_cmajflt;
+
+			w->fix_utime -= p->last_utime;
+			w->fix_stime -= p->last_stime;
+			w->fix_minflt -= p->last_minflt;
+			w->fix_majflt -= p->last_majflt;
+
+
+			w->fix_io_logical_bytes_read -= p->last_io_logical_bytes_read;
+			w->fix_io_logical_bytes_written -= p->last_io_logical_bytes_written;
+			w->fix_io_read_calls -= p->last_io_read_calls;
+			w->fix_io_write_calls -= p->last_io_write_calls;
+			w->fix_io_storage_bytes_read -= p->last_io_storage_bytes_read;
+			w->fix_io_storage_bytes_written -= p->last_io_storage_bytes_written;
+			w->fix_io_cancelled_write_bytes -= p->last_io_cancelled_write_bytes;
+
+			// ---
+
+			o->fix_cutime += p->last_cutime;
+			o->fix_cstime += p->last_cstime;
+			o->fix_cminflt += p->last_cminflt;
+			o->fix_cmajflt += p->last_cmajflt;
+
+			o->fix_utime += p->last_utime;
+			o->fix_stime += p->last_stime;
+			o->fix_minflt += p->last_minflt;
+			o->fix_majflt += p->last_majflt;
+
+			o->fix_io_logical_bytes_read += p->last_io_logical_bytes_read;
+			o->fix_io_logical_bytes_written += p->last_io_logical_bytes_written;
+			o->fix_io_read_calls += p->last_io_read_calls;
+			o->fix_io_write_calls += p->last_io_write_calls;
+			o->fix_io_storage_bytes_read += p->last_io_storage_bytes_read;
+			o->fix_io_storage_bytes_written += p->last_io_storage_bytes_written;
+			o->fix_io_cancelled_write_bytes += p->last_io_cancelled_write_bytes;
 		}
 	}
+	else {
+		// if(o) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tpid %d (%s) is not updated by OLD target %s (%s) is present.\n", p->pid, p->comm, o->id, o->name);
+
+		// since the process has exited, the user
+		// will see a drop in our charts, because the incremental
+		// values of this process will not be there
+
+		// add them to the fix_* values and they will be added to
+		// the reported values, so that the report goes steady
+		w->fix_minflt += p->minflt;
+		w->fix_majflt += p->majflt;
+		w->fix_utime += p->utime;
+		w->fix_stime += p->stime;
+		w->fix_cminflt += p->cminflt;
+		w->fix_cmajflt += p->cmajflt;
+		w->fix_cutime += p->cutime;
+		w->fix_cstime += p->cstime;
+
+		w->fix_io_logical_bytes_read += p->io_logical_bytes_read;
+		w->fix_io_logical_bytes_written += p->io_logical_bytes_written;
+		w->fix_io_read_calls += p->io_read_calls;
+		w->fix_io_write_calls += p->io_write_calls;
+		w->fix_io_storage_bytes_read += p->io_storage_bytes_read;
+		w->fix_io_storage_bytes_written += p->io_storage_bytes_written;
+		w->fix_io_cancelled_write_bytes += p->io_cancelled_write_bytes;
+	}
 
-//	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	// cleanup all un-updated processed (exited, killed, etc)
-	for(p = root_of_pids; p ;) {
-		if(!p->updated) {
-//			fprintf(stderr, "\tEXITED %d %s [parent %d %s, target %s] utime=%llu, stime=%llu, cutime=%llu, cstime=%llu, minflt=%llu, majflt=%llu, cminflt=%llu, cmajflt=%llu\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->parent->pid, p->parent->comm, p->target->name,  p->utime, p->stime, p->cutime, p->cstime, p->minflt, p->majflt, p->cminflt, p->cmajflt);
+}
 
-			for(c = 0 ; c < p->fds_size ; c++) if(p->fds[c] > 0) {
-				file_descriptor_not_used(p->fds[c]);
-				p->fds[c] = 0;
-			}
+void count_targets_fds(struct target *root) {
+	int c;
+	struct target *w;
 
-			pid_t r = p->pid;
-			p = p->next;
-			del_pid_entry(r);
-		}
-		else p = p->next;
-	}
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
+		if(!w->fds) continue;
 
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		w->openfiles = 0;
 		w->openpipes = 0;
 		w->opensockets = 0;
@@ -1533,7 +1942,8 @@ void update_statistics(void)
 		w->openother = 0;
 
 		for(c = 1; c < all_files_size ;c++) {
-			if(w->fds && w->fds[c] > 0) switch(all_files[c].type) {
+			if(w->fds[c] > 0)
+				switch(all_files[c].type) {
 				case FILETYPE_FILE:
 					w->openfiles++;
 					break;
@@ -1576,15 +1986,90 @@ void update_statistics(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void calculate_netdata_statistics(void)
+{
+	link_all_processes_to_their_parents();
+	apply_apps_groups_targets_inheritance();
+
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+	aggregate_children_to_parents();
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+
+	zero_all_targets(users_root_target);
+	zero_all_targets(groups_root_target);
+	apps_groups_targets = zero_all_targets(apps_groups_root_target);
+
+#ifdef AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS
+	if(debug)
+		debug_childrens_aggregations(0, 1);
+#endif /* AGGREGATE_CHILDREN_TO_PARENTS */
+
+	// this has to be done, before the cleanup
+	struct pid_stat *p = NULL;
+	struct target *w = NULL, *o = NULL;
+
+	// concentrate everything on the apps_groups_targets
+	for(p = root_of_pids; p ; p = p->next) {
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// apps_groups targets
+		if(likely(p->target))
+			aggregate_pid_on_target(p->target, p, NULL);
+		else
+			error("pid %d %s was left without a target!", p->pid, p->comm);
+
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// user targets
+		o = p->user_target;
+		if(likely(p->user_target && p->user_target->uid == p->uid))
+			w = p->user_target;
+		else {
+			if(unlikely(debug && p->user_target))
+					fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tpid %d (%s) switched user from %d (%s) to %d.\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->user_target->uid, p->user_target->name, p->uid);
+
+			w = p->user_target = get_users_target(p->uid);
+		}
+
+		if(likely(w))
+			aggregate_pid_on_target(w, p, o);
+		else
+			error("pid %d %s was left without a user target!", p->pid, p->comm);
+
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// group targets
+		o = p->group_target;
+		if(likely(p->group_target && p->group_target->gid == p->gid))
+			w = p->group_target;
+		else {
+			if(unlikely(debug && p->group_target))
+					fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: \t\tpid %d (%s) switched group from %d (%s) to %d.\n", p->pid, p->comm, p->group_target->gid, p->group_target->name, p->gid);
+
+			w = p->group_target = get_groups_target(p->gid);
+		}
+
+		if(likely(w))
+			aggregate_pid_on_target(w, p, o);
+		else
+			error("pid %d %s was left without a group target!", p->pid, p->comm);
+
+	}
+
+	count_targets_fds(apps_groups_root_target);
+	count_targets_fds(users_root_target);
+	count_targets_fds(groups_root_target);
+
+	cleanup_non_existing_pids();
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // update chart dimensions
 
-void show_dimensions(void)
-{
+unsigned long long send_resource_usage_to_netdata() {
 	static struct timeval last = { 0, 0 };
 	static struct rusage me_last;
 
-	struct target *w;
 	struct timeval now;
 	struct rusage me;
 
@@ -1615,138 +2100,145 @@ void show_dimensions(void)
 		bcopy(&me, &me_last, sizeof(struct rusage));
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.cpu %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN netdata.apps_cpu %llu\n", usec);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET user = %llu\n", cpuuser);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET system = %llu\n", cpusyst);
+	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN netdata.apps_files %llu\n", usec);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET files = %llu\n", file_counter);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET pids = %ld\n", all_pids_count);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET fds = %d\n", all_files_len);
+	fprintf(stdout, "SET targets = %ld\n", apps_groups_targets);
+	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
+
+	return usec;
+}
+
+void send_collected_data_to_netdata(struct target *root, const char *type, unsigned long long usec)
+{
+	struct target *w;
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.cpu %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->utime + w->stime + w->fix_utime + w->fix_stime);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.cpu_user %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.cpu_user %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->utime + w->fix_utime);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.cpu_system %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.cpu_system %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->stime + w->fix_stime);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.threads %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.threads %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->num_threads);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.processes %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.processes %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %lu\n", w->name, w->processes);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.mem %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.mem %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %lld\n", w->name, (long long)w->statm_resident - (long long)w->statm_share);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.minor_faults %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.minor_faults %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->minflt + w->fix_minflt);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.major_faults %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.major_faults %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->majflt + w->fix_majflt);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.lreads %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.lreads %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
-		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_logical_bytes_read);
+		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_logical_bytes_read + w->fix_io_logical_bytes_read);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.lwrites %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.lwrites %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
-		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_logical_bytes_written);
+		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_logical_bytes_written + w->fix_io_logical_bytes_written);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.preads %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.preads %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
-		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_storage_bytes_read);
+		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_storage_bytes_read + w->fix_io_storage_bytes_read);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.pwrites %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.pwrites %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
-		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_storage_bytes_written);
+		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->io_storage_bytes_written + w->fix_io_storage_bytes_written);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.files %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.files %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->openfiles);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.sockets %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.sockets %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->opensockets);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN apps.pipes %llu\n", usec);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN %s.pipes %llu\n", type, usec);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "SET %s = %llu\n", w->name, w->openpipes);
 	}
 	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN netdata.apps_cpu %llu\n", usec);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET user = %llu\n", cpuuser);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET system = %llu\n", cpusyst);
-	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
-
-	fprintf(stdout, "BEGIN netdata.apps_files %llu\n", usec);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET files = %llu\n", file_counter);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET pids = %ld\n", all_pids_count);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET fds = %d\n", all_files_len);
-	fprintf(stdout, "SET targets = %ld\n", targets);
-	fprintf(stdout, "END\n");
-
 	fflush(stdout);
 }
 
@@ -1754,12 +2246,12 @@ void show_dimensions(void)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // generate the charts
 
-void show_charts(void)
+void send_charts_updates_to_netdata(struct target *root, const char *type, const char *title)
 {
 	struct target *w;
 	int newly_added = 0;
 
-	for(w = target_root ; w ; w = w->next)
+	for(w = root ; w ; w = w->next)
 		if(!w->exposed && w->processes) {
 			newly_added++;
 			w->exposed = 1;
@@ -1771,122 +2263,110 @@ void show_charts(void)
 
 	// we have something new to show
 	// update the charts
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.cpu '' 'Apps CPU Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu apps.cpu stacked 20001 %d\n", (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.cpu '' '%s CPU Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu %s.cpu stacked 20001 %d\n", type, title, (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 100 %llu %s\n", w->name, Hertz, w->hidden ? "hidden,noreset" : "noreset");
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.mem '' 'Apps Dedicated Memory (w/o shared)' 'MB' mem apps.mem stacked 20003 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.mem '' '%s Dedicated Memory (w/o shared)' 'MB' mem %s.mem stacked 20003 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute %ld %ld noreset\n", w->name, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 1024L*1024L);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.threads '' 'Apps Threads' 'threads' processes apps.threads stacked 20005 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.threads '' '%s Threads' 'threads' processes %s.threads stacked 20005 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.processes '' 'Apps Processes' 'processes' processes apps.processes stacked 20004 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.processes '' '%s Processes' 'processes' processes %s.processes stacked 20004 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.cpu_user '' 'Apps CPU User Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu apps.cpu_user stacked 20020 %d\n", (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.cpu_user '' '%s CPU User Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu %s.cpu_user stacked 20020 %d\n", type, title, (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 100 %llu noreset\n", w->name, Hertz * processors);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.cpu_system '' 'Apps CPU System Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu apps.cpu_system stacked 20021 %d\n", (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.cpu_system '' '%s CPU System Time (%ld%% = %ld core%s)' 'cpu time %%' cpu %s.cpu_system stacked 20021 %d\n", type, title, (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 100 %llu noreset\n", w->name, Hertz * processors);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.major_faults '' 'Apps Major Page Faults (swap read)' 'page faults/s' swap apps.major_faults stacked 20010 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.major_faults '' '%s Major Page Faults (swap read)' 'page faults/s' swap %s.major_faults stacked 20010 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.minor_faults '' 'Apps Minor Page Faults' 'page faults/s' mem apps.minor_faults stacked 20011 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.minor_faults '' '%s Minor Page Faults' 'page faults/s' mem %s.minor_faults stacked 20011 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.lreads '' 'Apps Disk Logical Reads' 'kilobytes/s' disk apps.lreads stacked 20042 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.lreads '' '%s Disk Logical Reads' 'kilobytes/s' disk %s.lreads stacked 20042 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 %d noreset\n", w->name, 1024);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.lwrites '' 'Apps I/O Logical Writes' 'kilobytes/s' disk apps.lwrites stacked 20042 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.lwrites '' '%s I/O Logical Writes' 'kilobytes/s' disk %s.lwrites stacked 20042 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 %d noreset\n", w->name, 1024);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.preads '' 'Apps Disk Reads' 'kilobytes/s' disk apps.preads stacked 20002 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.preads '' '%s Disk Reads' 'kilobytes/s' disk %s.preads stacked 20002 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 %d noreset\n", w->name, 1024);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.pwrites '' 'Apps Disk Writes' 'kilobytes/s' disk apps.pwrites stacked 20002 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.pwrites '' '%s Disk Writes' 'kilobytes/s' disk %s.pwrites stacked 20002 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' incremental 1 %d noreset\n", w->name, 1024);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.files '' 'Apps Open Files' 'open files' disk apps.files stacked 20050 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.files '' '%s Open Files' 'open files' disk %s.files stacked 20050 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.sockets '' 'Apps Open Sockets' 'open sockets' net apps.sockets stacked 20051 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.sockets '' '%s Open Sockets' 'open sockets' net %s.sockets stacked 20051 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART apps.pipes '' 'Apps Pipes' 'open pipes' processes apps.pipes stacked 20053 %d\n", update_every);
-	for (w = target_root; w ; w = w->next) {
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART %s.pipes '' '%s Pipes' 'open pipes' processes %s.pipes stacked 20053 %d\n", type, title, type, update_every);
+	for (w = root; w ; w = w->next) {
 		if(w->target || (!w->processes && !w->exposed)) continue;
 
 		fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION %s '' absolute 1 1 noreset\n", w->name);
 	}
-
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART netdata.apps_cpu '' 'Apps Plugin CPU' 'milliseconds/s' apps.plugin netdata.apps_cpu stacked 140000 %d\n", update_every);
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION user '' incremental 1 %d\n", 1000);
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION system '' incremental 1 %d\n", 1000);
-
-	fprintf(stdout, "CHART netdata.apps_files '' 'Apps Plugin Files' 'files/s' apps.plugin netdata.apps_files line 140001 %d\n", update_every);
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION files '' incremental 1 1\n");
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION pids '' absolute 1 1\n");
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION fds '' absolute 1 1\n");
-	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION targets '' absolute 1 1\n");
-
-	fflush(stdout);
 }
 
 
@@ -1925,12 +2405,18 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	if(freq > 0) update_every = freq;
 	if(!name) name = "groups";
 
-	if(read_process_groups(name)) {
+	if(read_apps_groups_conf(name)) {
 		error("Cannot read process groups %s", name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 }
 
+unsigned long long sutime() {
+	struct timeval now;
+	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+	return now.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + now.tv_usec;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	// debug_flags = D_PROCFILE;
@@ -1938,6 +2424,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	// set the name for logging
 	program_name = "apps.plugin";
 
+	// disable syslog for apps.plugin
+	error_log_syslog = 0;
+
 	host_prefix = getenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX");
 	if(host_prefix == NULL) {
 		info("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX is not passed from netdata");
@@ -1945,15 +2434,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	else info("Found NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX='%s'", host_prefix);
 
+	config_dir = getenv("NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR");
+	if(config_dir == NULL) {
+		info("NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR is not passed from netdata");
+		config_dir = CONFIG_DIR;
+	}
+	else info("Found NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR='%s'", config_dir);
+
 	info("starting...");
 
 	procfile_adaptive_initial_allocation = 1;
 
 	time_t started_t = time(NULL);
 	time_t current_t;
-	Hertz = get_hertz();
-	pid_max = get_pid_max();
-	processors = get_processors();
+	Hertz = get_system_hertz();
+	pid_max = get_system_pid_max();
+	processors = get_system_cpus();
 
 	parse_args(argc, argv);
 
@@ -1964,39 +2460,63 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	unsigned long long counter = 1;
-	unsigned long long usec = 0, susec = 0;
-	struct timeval last, now;
-	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART netdata.apps_cpu '' 'Apps Plugin CPU' 'milliseconds/s' apps.plugin netdata.apps_cpu stacked 140000 %d\n", update_every);
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION user '' incremental 1 %d\n", 1000);
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION system '' incremental 1 %d\n", 1000);
 
+	fprintf(stdout, "CHART netdata.apps_files '' 'Apps Plugin Files' 'files/s' apps.plugin netdata.apps_files line 140001 %d\n", update_every);
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION files '' incremental 1 1\n");
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION pids '' absolute 1 1\n");
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION fds '' absolute 1 1\n");
+	fprintf(stdout, "DIMENSION targets '' absolute 1 1\n");
+
+
+#ifndef PROFILING_MODE
+	unsigned long long sunext = (time(NULL) - (time(NULL) % update_every) + update_every) * 1000000ULL;
+	unsigned long long sunow;
+#endif /* PROFILING_MODE */
+
+	unsigned long long counter = 1;
 	for(;1; counter++) {
-		if(!update_from_proc()) {
-			error("Cannot allocate %lu bytes of memory.", sizeof(struct pid_stat *) * pid_max);
+#ifndef PROFILING_MODE
+		// delay until it is our time to run
+		while((sunow = sutime()) < sunext)
+			usleep((useconds_t)(sunext - sunow));
+
+		// find the next time we need to run
+		while(sutime() > sunext)
+			sunext += update_every * 1000000ULL;
+#endif /* PROFILING_MODE */
+
+		if(!collect_data_for_all_processes_from_proc()) {
+			error("Cannot collect /proc data for running processes. Disabling apps.plugin...");
 			printf("DISABLE\n");
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		update_statistics();
-		show_charts();		// this is smart enough to show only newly added apps, when needed
-		show_dimensions();
+		calculate_netdata_statistics();
 
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: done Loop No %llu\n", counter);
-		fflush(NULL);
+		unsigned long long dt = send_resource_usage_to_netdata();
 
-		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-		usec = usecdiff(&now, &last) - susec;
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: last loop took %llu usec (worked for %llu, sleeped for %llu).\n", usec + susec, usec, susec);
+		// this is smart enough to show only newly added apps, when needed
+		send_charts_updates_to_netdata(apps_groups_root_target, "apps", "Apps");
+		send_charts_updates_to_netdata(users_root_target, "users", "Users");
+		send_charts_updates_to_netdata(groups_root_target, "groups", "User Groups");
 
-		// if the last loop took less than half the time
-		// wait the rest of the time
-		if(usec < (update_every * 1000000ULL / 2)) susec = (update_every * 1000000ULL) - usec;
-		else susec = update_every * 1000000ULL / 2;
+		send_collected_data_to_netdata(apps_groups_root_target, "apps", dt);
+		send_collected_data_to_netdata(users_root_target, "users", dt);
+		send_collected_data_to_netdata(groups_root_target, "groups", dt);
 
-		usleep((__useconds_t) susec);
-		bcopy(&now, &last, sizeof(struct timeval));
+		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "apps.plugin: done Loop No %llu\n", counter);
+		fflush(NULL);
 
-		// restart once per day (14400 seconds)
 		current_t = time(NULL);
+
+#ifndef PROFILING_MODE
+		// restart check (14400 seconds)
 		if(current_t - started_t > 14400) exit(0);
+#else
+		if(current_t - started_t > 10) exit(0);
+#endif /* PROFILING_MODE */
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/avl.c b/src/avl.c
index 4eb0ce0e4..fd4fb1420 100755..100644
--- a/src/avl.c
+++ b/src/avl.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 #include "avl.h"
+#include "log.h"
 
 /* Private methods */
 int _avl_removeroot(avl_tree* t);
@@ -144,19 +145,23 @@ int _avl_insert(avl_tree* t, avl* a) {
 	}
 }
 int avl_insert(avl_tree* t, avl* a) {
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 	int ret = _avl_insert(t, a);
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -242,19 +247,23 @@ int _avl_remove(avl_tree* t, avl* a) {
 }
 
 int avl_remove(avl_tree* t, avl* a) {
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 	int ret = _avl_remove(t, a);
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -298,19 +307,23 @@ int _avl_removeroot(avl_tree* t) {
 }
 
 int avl_removeroot(avl_tree* t) {
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 	int ret = _avl_removeroot(t);
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -362,19 +375,23 @@ int _avl_range(avl_tree* t, avl* a, avl* b, int (*iter)(avl*), avl** ret) {
 }
 
 int avl_range(avl_tree* t, avl* a, avl* b, int (*iter)(avl*), avl** ret) {
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 	int ret2 = _avl_range(t, a, b, iter, ret);
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->mutex);
 #else
 	pthread_rwlock_unlock(&t->rwlock);
 #endif
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 	return ret2;
 }
@@ -390,9 +407,19 @@ int avl_search(avl_tree* t, avl* a, int (*iter)(avl* a), avl** ret) {
 void avl_init(avl_tree* t, int (*compar)(void* a, void* b)) {
 	t->root = NULL;
 	t->compar = compar;
+
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
+	int lock;
+
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
-	pthread_mutex_init(&t->mutex, NULL);
+	lock = pthread_mutex_init(&t->mutex, NULL);
 #else
-	pthread_rwlock_init(&t->rwlock, NULL);
+	lock = pthread_rwlock_init(&t->rwlock, NULL);
 #endif
+
+	if(lock != 0)
+		fatal("Failed to initialize AVL mutex/rwlock, error: %d", lock);
+
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
+
 }
diff --git a/src/avl.h b/src/avl.h
index cbcc41211..2d1fbc537 100755..100644
--- a/src/avl.h
+++ b/src/avl.h
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 #ifndef _AVL_H
 #define _AVL_H 1
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #include <pthread.h>
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 
 // #define AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX 1
 
@@ -33,11 +35,13 @@ typedef struct avl_tree {
 	avl* root;
 	int (*compar)(void* a, void* b);
 
+#ifndef AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
 	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
-#else
+#else /* AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX */
 	pthread_rwlock_t rwlock;
-#endif
+#endif /* AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX */
+#endif /* AVL_WITHOUT_PTHREADS */
 } avl_tree;
 
 /* Public methods */
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index e3c3afe3f..cb74b6335 100755..100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -15,10 +15,276 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "appconfig.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 char *global_host_prefix = "";
 int enable_ksm = 1;
 
+unsigned char netdata_keys_map[256] = {
+		[0] = '\0', //
+		[1] = '_', //
+		[2] = '_', //
+		[3] = '_', //
+		[4] = '_', //
+		[5] = '_', //
+		[6] = '_', //
+		[7] = '_', //
+		[8] = '_', //
+		[9] = '_', //
+		[10] = '_', //
+		[11] = '_', //
+		[12] = '_', //
+		[13] = '_', //
+		[14] = '_', //
+		[15] = '_', //
+		[16] = '_', //
+		[17] = '_', //
+		[18] = '_', //
+		[19] = '_', //
+		[20] = '_', //
+		[21] = '_', //
+		[22] = '_', //
+		[23] = '_', //
+		[24] = '_', //
+		[25] = '_', //
+		[26] = '_', //
+		[27] = '_', //
+		[28] = '_', //
+		[29] = '_', //
+		[30] = '_', //
+		[31] = '_', //
+		[32] = '_', //
+		[33] = '_', // !
+		[34] = '_', // "
+		[35] = '_', // #
+		[36] = '_', // $
+		[37] = '_', // %
+		[38] = '_', // &
+		[39] = '_', // '
+		[40] = '_', // (
+		[41] = '_', // )
+		[42] = '_', // *
+		[43] = '_', // +
+		[44] = '.', // ,
+		[45] = '-', // -
+		[46] = '.', // .
+		[47] = '/', // /
+		[48] = '0', // 0
+		[49] = '1', // 1
+		[50] = '2', // 2
+		[51] = '3', // 3
+		[52] = '4', // 4
+		[53] = '5', // 5
+		[54] = '6', // 6
+		[55] = '7', // 7
+		[56] = '8', // 8
+		[57] = '9', // 9
+		[58] = '_', // :
+		[59] = '_', // ;
+		[60] = '_', // <
+		[61] = '_', // =
+		[62] = '_', // >
+		[63] = '_', // ?
+		[64] = '_', // @
+		[65] = 'a', // A
+		[66] = 'b', // B
+		[67] = 'c', // C
+		[68] = 'd', // D
+		[69] = 'e', // E
+		[70] = 'f', // F
+		[71] = 'g', // G
+		[72] = 'h', // H
+		[73] = 'i', // I
+		[74] = 'j', // J
+		[75] = 'k', // K
+		[76] = 'l', // L
+		[77] = 'm', // M
+		[78] = 'n', // N
+		[79] = 'o', // O
+		[80] = 'p', // P
+		[81] = 'q', // Q
+		[82] = 'r', // R
+		[83] = 's', // S
+		[84] = 't', // T
+		[85] = 'u', // U
+		[86] = 'v', // V
+		[87] = 'w', // W
+		[88] = 'x', // X
+		[89] = 'y', // Y
+		[90] = 'z', // Z
+		[91] = '_', // [
+		[92] = '/', // backslash
+		[93] = '_', // ]
+		[94] = '_', // ^
+		[95] = '_', // _
+		[96] = '_', // `
+		[97] = 'a', // a
+		[98] = 'b', // b
+		[99] = 'c', // c
+		[100] = 'd', // d
+		[101] = 'e', // e
+		[102] = 'f', // f
+		[103] = 'g', // g
+		[104] = 'h', // h
+		[105] = 'i', // i
+		[106] = 'j', // j
+		[107] = 'k', // k
+		[108] = 'l', // l
+		[109] = 'm', // m
+		[110] = 'n', // n
+		[111] = 'o', // o
+		[112] = 'p', // p
+		[113] = 'q', // q
+		[114] = 'r', // r
+		[115] = 's', // s
+		[116] = 't', // t
+		[117] = 'u', // u
+		[118] = 'v', // v
+		[119] = 'w', // w
+		[120] = 'x', // x
+		[121] = 'y', // y
+		[122] = 'z', // z
+		[123] = '_', // {
+		[124] = '_', // |
+		[125] = '_', // }
+		[126] = '_', // ~
+		[127] = '_', //
+		[128] = '_', //
+		[129] = '_', //
+		[130] = '_', //
+		[131] = '_', //
+		[132] = '_', //
+		[133] = '_', //
+		[134] = '_', //
+		[135] = '_', //
+		[136] = '_', //
+		[137] = '_', //
+		[138] = '_', //
+		[139] = '_', //
+		[140] = '_', //
+		[141] = '_', //
+		[142] = '_', //
+		[143] = '_', //
+		[144] = '_', //
+		[145] = '_', //
+		[146] = '_', //
+		[147] = '_', //
+		[148] = '_', //
+		[149] = '_', //
+		[150] = '_', //
+		[151] = '_', //
+		[152] = '_', //
+		[153] = '_', //
+		[154] = '_', //
+		[155] = '_', //
+		[156] = '_', //
+		[157] = '_', //
+		[158] = '_', //
+		[159] = '_', //
+		[160] = '_', //
+		[161] = '_', //
+		[162] = '_', //
+		[163] = '_', //
+		[164] = '_', //
+		[165] = '_', //
+		[166] = '_', //
+		[167] = '_', //
+		[168] = '_', //
+		[169] = '_', //
+		[170] = '_', //
+		[171] = '_', //
+		[172] = '_', //
+		[173] = '_', //
+		[174] = '_', //
+		[175] = '_', //
+		[176] = '_', //
+		[177] = '_', //
+		[178] = '_', //
+		[179] = '_', //
+		[180] = '_', //
+		[181] = '_', //
+		[182] = '_', //
+		[183] = '_', //
+		[184] = '_', //
+		[185] = '_', //
+		[186] = '_', //
+		[187] = '_', //
+		[188] = '_', //
+		[189] = '_', //
+		[190] = '_', //
+		[191] = '_', //
+		[192] = '_', //
+		[193] = '_', //
+		[194] = '_', //
+		[195] = '_', //
+		[196] = '_', //
+		[197] = '_', //
+		[198] = '_', //
+		[199] = '_', //
+		[200] = '_', //
+		[201] = '_', //
+		[202] = '_', //
+		[203] = '_', //
+		[204] = '_', //
+		[205] = '_', //
+		[206] = '_', //
+		[207] = '_', //
+		[208] = '_', //
+		[209] = '_', //
+		[210] = '_', //
+		[211] = '_', //
+		[212] = '_', //
+		[213] = '_', //
+		[214] = '_', //
+		[215] = '_', //
+		[216] = '_', //
+		[217] = '_', //
+		[218] = '_', //
+		[219] = '_', //
+		[220] = '_', //
+		[221] = '_', //
+		[222] = '_', //
+		[223] = '_', //
+		[224] = '_', //
+		[225] = '_', //
+		[226] = '_', //
+		[227] = '_', //
+		[228] = '_', //
+		[229] = '_', //
+		[230] = '_', //
+		[231] = '_', //
+		[232] = '_', //
+		[233] = '_', //
+		[234] = '_', //
+		[235] = '_', //
+		[236] = '_', //
+		[237] = '_', //
+		[238] = '_', //
+		[239] = '_', //
+		[240] = '_', //
+		[241] = '_', //
+		[242] = '_', //
+		[243] = '_', //
+		[244] = '_', //
+		[245] = '_', //
+		[246] = '_', //
+		[247] = '_', //
+		[248] = '_', //
+		[249] = '_', //
+		[250] = '_', //
+		[251] = '_', //
+		[252] = '_', //
+		[253] = '_', //
+		[254] = '_', //
+		[255] = '_'  //
+};
+
+// make sure the supplied string
+// is good for a netdata chart/dimension ID/NAME
+void netdata_fix_id(char *s) {
+	while((*s = netdata_keys_map[(unsigned char)*s])) s++;
+}
+
 /*
 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7666509/hash-function-for-string
 uint32_t simple_hash(const char *name)
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 9d8836f8b..e9987af72 100755..100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
 #ifndef NETDATA_COMMON_H
 #define NETDATA_COMMON_H 1
 
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@
 #define abs(x) ((x < 0)? -x : x)
 #define usecdiff(now, last) (((((now)->tv_sec * 1000000ULL) + (now)->tv_usec) - (((last)->tv_sec * 1000000ULL) + (last)->tv_usec)))
 
+extern void netdata_fix_id(char *s);
+
 extern uint32_t simple_hash(const char *name);
 extern void strreverse(char* begin, char* end);
 extern char *mystrsep(char **ptr, char *s);
@@ -32,4 +37,11 @@ extern void get_HZ(void);
 
 extern pid_t gettid(void);
 
+/* fix for alpine linux */
+#ifndef RUSAGE_THREAD
+#ifdef RUSAGE_CHILDREN
+#define RUSAGE_THREAD RUSAGE_CHILDREN
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* NETDATA_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
index 268814798..9dcf32f0b 100755..100644
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <execinfo.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "appconfig.h"
@@ -25,6 +24,9 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include "daemon.h"
 
+char pidfile[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "";
+int pidfd = -1;
+
 void sig_handler(int signo)
 {
 	switch(signo) {
@@ -72,23 +74,6 @@ void sig_handler(int signo)
 	}
 }
 
-char rundir[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "/var/run/netdata";
-char pidfile[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "";
-void prepare_rundir() {
-	if(getuid() != 0) {
-		mkdir("/run/user", 0775);
-		snprintf(rundir, FILENAME_MAX, "/run/user/%d", getuid());
-		mkdir(rundir, 0775);
-		snprintf(rundir, FILENAME_MAX, "/run/user/%d/netdata", getuid());
-	}
-
-	snprintf(pidfile, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/netdata.pid", rundir);
-
-	if(mkdir(rundir, 0775) != 0) {
-		if(errno != EEXIST) error("Cannot create directory '%s'.", rundir);
-	}
-}
-
 int become_user(const char *username)
 {
 	struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(username);
@@ -97,35 +82,50 @@ int become_user(const char *username)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if(chown(rundir, pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_gid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot chown directory '%s' to user %s.", rundir, username);
-		return -1;
+	uid_t uid = pw->pw_uid;
+	gid_t gid = pw->pw_gid;
+
+	if(pidfile[0] && getuid() != uid) {
+		// we are dropping privileges
+		if(chown(pidfile, uid, gid) != 0)
+			error("Cannot chown pidfile '%s' to user '%s'", pidfile, username);
+
+		else if(pidfd != -1) {
+			// not need to keep it open
+			close(pidfd);
+			pidfd = -1;
+		}
+	}
+	else if(pidfd != -1) {
+		// not need to keep it open
+		close(pidfd);
+		pidfd = -1;
 	}
 
-	if(setresgid(pw->pw_gid, pw->pw_gid, pw->pw_gid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, pw->pw_gid);
+	if(setresgid(gid, gid, gid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, gid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if(setresuid(pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_uid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, pw->pw_uid);
+	if(setresuid(uid, uid, uid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, uid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if(setgid(pw->pw_gid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, pw->pw_gid);
+	if(setgid(gid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, gid);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if(setegid(pw->pw_gid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot effectively switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, pw->pw_gid);
+	if(setegid(gid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot effectively switch to user's %s group (gid: %d).", username, gid);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if(setuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, pw->pw_uid);
+	if(setuid(uid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, uid);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if(seteuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0) {
-		error("Cannot effectively switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, pw->pw_uid);
+	if(seteuid(uid) != 0) {
+		error("Cannot effectively switch to user %s (uid: %d).", username, uid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -294,16 +294,22 @@ int become_daemon(int dont_fork, int close_all_files, const char *user, const ch
 		close(dev_null);
 
 	// generate our pid file
-	{
-		unlink(pidfile);
-		int fd = open(pidfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);
-		if(fd >= 0) {
+	if(pidfile[0]) {
+		pidfd = open(pidfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644);
+		if(pidfd >= 0) {
+			if(ftruncate(pidfd, 0) != 0)
+				error("Cannot truncate pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
+
 			char b[100];
 			sprintf(b, "%d\n", getpid());
-			ssize_t i = write(fd, b, strlen(b));
-			if(i <= 0) perror("Cannot write pid to file.");
-			close(fd);
+			ssize_t i = write(pidfd, b, strlen(b));
+			if(i <= 0)
+				error("Cannot write pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
+
+			// don't close it, we might need it at exit
+			// close(pidfd);
 		}
+		else error("Failed to open pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
 	}
 
 	if(user && *user) {
@@ -312,6 +318,8 @@ int become_daemon(int dont_fork, int close_all_files, const char *user, const ch
 		}
 		else info("Successfully became user '%s'.", user);
 	}
+	else if(pidfd != -1)
+		close(pidfd);
 
 	return(0);
 }
diff --git a/src/daemon.h b/src/daemon.h
index 77186daae..0642be3c0 100755..100644
--- a/src/daemon.h
+++ b/src/daemon.h
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 extern void sig_handler(int signo);
 
-extern void prepare_rundir();
-
 extern int become_user(const char *username);
 
 extern int become_daemon(int dont_fork, int close_all_files, const char *user, const char *input, const char *output, const char *error, const char *access, int *access_fd, FILE **access_fp);
 
 extern void netdata_cleanup_and_exit(int i);
 
+extern char pidfile[];
+extern int pidfd;
+
 #endif /* NETDATA_DAEMON_H */
diff --git a/src/dictionary.c b/src/dictionary.c
index 31f4d52e1..31f4d52e1 100755..100644
--- a/src/dictionary.c
+++ b/src/dictionary.c
diff --git a/src/dictionary.h b/src/dictionary.h
index 9822b23c2..9822b23c2 100755..100644
--- a/src/dictionary.h
+++ b/src/dictionary.h
diff --git a/src/global_statistics.c b/src/global_statistics.c
index d4a04efd2..d4a04efd2 100755..100644
--- a/src/global_statistics.c
+++ b/src/global_statistics.c
diff --git a/src/global_statistics.h b/src/global_statistics.h
index ce3c3490e..ce3c3490e 100755..100644
--- a/src/global_statistics.h
+++ b/src/global_statistics.h
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 7ab3f1a51..e5e0ad2c4 100755..100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -27,6 +27,85 @@ int access_log_syslog = 1;
 int error_log_syslog = 1;
 int output_log_syslog = 1;	// debug log
 
+time_t error_log_throttle_period = 1200;
+unsigned long error_log_errors_per_period = 200;
+
+int error_log_limit(int reset) {
+	static time_t start = 0;
+	static unsigned long counter = 0, prevented = 0;
+
+	// do not throttle if the period is 0
+	if(error_log_throttle_period == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	// prevent all logs if the errors per period is 0
+	if(error_log_errors_per_period == 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	time_t now = time(NULL);
+	if(!start) start = now;
+
+	if(reset) {
+		if(prevented) {
+			log_date(stderr);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Resetting logging for process '%s' (prevented %lu logs in the last %ld seconds).\n"
+					, program_name
+			        , program_name
+					, prevented
+					, now - start
+			);
+		}
+
+		start = now;
+		counter = 0;
+		prevented = 0;
+	}
+
+	// detect if we log too much
+	counter++;
+
+	if(now - start > error_log_throttle_period) {
+		if(prevented) {
+			log_date(stderr);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Resuming logging from process '%s' (prevented %lu logs in the last %ld seconds).\n"
+					, program_name
+			        , program_name
+					, prevented
+					, error_log_throttle_period
+			);
+		}
+
+		// restart the period accounting
+		start = now;
+		counter = 1;
+		prevented = 0;
+
+		// log this error
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if(counter > error_log_errors_per_period) {
+		if(!prevented) {
+			log_date(stderr);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Too many logs (%lu logs in %ld seconds, threshold is set to %lu logs in %ld seconds). Preventing more logs from process '%s' for %ld seconds.\n"
+					, program_name
+			        , counter
+			        , now - start
+			        , error_log_errors_per_period
+			        , error_log_throttle_period
+			        , program_name
+					, start + error_log_throttle_period - now);
+		}
+
+		prevented++;
+
+		// prevent logging this error
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void log_date(FILE *out)
 {
 		char outstr[200];
@@ -64,6 +143,9 @@ void info_int( const char *file, const char *function, const unsigned long line,
 {
 	va_list args;
 
+	// prevent logging too much
+	if(error_log_limit(0)) return;
+
 	log_date(stderr);
 
 	va_start( args, fmt );
@@ -85,6 +167,9 @@ void error_int( const char *prefix, const char *file, const char *function, cons
 {
 	va_list args;
 
+	// prevent logging too much
+	if(error_log_limit(0)) return;
+
 	log_date(stderr);
 
 	va_start( args, fmt );
@@ -143,9 +228,7 @@ void log_access( const char *fmt, ... )
 		vfprintf( stdaccess, fmt, args );
 		va_end( args );
 		fprintf( stdaccess, "\n");
-#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 		fflush( stdaccess );
-#endif
 	}
 
 	if(access_log_syslog) {
diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index 08f3c4fe3..e882af386 100755..100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ extern int access_log_syslog;
 extern int error_log_syslog;
 extern int output_log_syslog;
 
+extern time_t error_log_throttle_period;
+extern unsigned long error_log_errors_per_period;
+extern int error_log_limit(int reset);
+
+#define error_log_limit_reset() do { error_log_limit(1); } while(0)
+
 #define debug(type, args...) do { if(unlikely(!silent && (debug_flags & type))) debug_int(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ##args); } while(0)
 #define info(args...)    info_int(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ##args)
 #define infoerr(args...) error_int("INFO", __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ##args)
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a29757358..ad24debfa 100755..100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "plugin_nfacct.h"
 
 #include "main.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 int netdata_exit = 0;
 
@@ -43,7 +45,23 @@ void netdata_cleanup_and_exit(int ret)
 	netdata_exit = 1;
 	rrdset_save_all();
 	// kill_childs();
-	unlink("/var/run/netdata.pid");
+
+	// let it log a few more error messages
+	error_log_limit_reset();
+
+	if(pidfd != -1) {
+		if(ftruncate(pidfd, 0) != 0)
+			error("Cannot truncate pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
+
+		close(pidfd);
+		pidfd = -1;
+	}
+
+	if(pidfile[0]) {
+		if(unlink(pidfile) != 0)
+			error("Cannot unlink pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
+	}
+
 	info("NetData exiting. Bye bye...");
 	exit(ret);
 }
@@ -189,6 +207,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i;
 	int config_loaded = 0;
 	int dont_fork = 0;
+	size_t wanted_stacksize = 0, stacksize = 0;
+	pthread_attr_t attr;
 
 	// global initialization
 	get_HZ();
@@ -215,7 +235,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-l")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "history",      argv[i+1]); i++; }
 		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-t")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "update every", argv[i+1]); i++; }
 		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-ch") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "host access prefix", argv[i+1]); i++; }
-		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-nodeamon") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-nd") == 0) dont_fork = 1;
+		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-stacksize") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "pthread stack size", argv[i+1]); i++; }
+		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-nodaemon") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-nd") == 0) dont_fork = 1;
+		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-pidfile") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
+			i++;
+			strncpy(pidfile, argv[i], FILENAME_MAX);
+			pidfile[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
+		}
 		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "--unittest")  == 0) {
 			rrd_update_every = 1;
 			if(run_all_mockup_tests()) exit(1);
@@ -225,7 +251,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot understand option '%s'.\n", argv[i]);
-			fprintf(stderr, "\nUSAGE: %s [-d] [-l LINES_TO_SAVE] [-u UPDATE_TIMER] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-dl debug log file] [-df debug flags].\n\n", argv[0]);
+			fprintf(stderr, "\nUSAGE: %s [-d] [-l LINES_TO_SAVE] [-u UPDATE_TIMER] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-df debug flags].\n\n", argv[0]);
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -c CONFIG FILE the configuration file to load. Default: %s.\n", CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME);
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -l LINES_TO_SAVE can be from 5 to %d lines in JSON data. Default: %d.\n", RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -t UPDATE_TIMER can be from 1 to %d seconds. Default: %d.\n", UPDATE_EVERY_MAX, UPDATE_EVERY);
@@ -234,6 +260,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -ch path to access host /proc and /sys when running in a container. Default: empty.\n");
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -nd or -nodeamon to disable forking in the background. Default: unset.\n");
 			fprintf(stderr, "  -df FLAGS debug options. Default: 0x%08llx.\n", debug_flags);
+			fprintf(stderr, "  -stacksize BYTES to overwrite the pthread stack size.\n");
+			fprintf(stderr, "  -pidfile FILENAME to save a pid while running.\n");
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
@@ -276,6 +304,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
 			if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
 				info("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");
+			prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
 		}
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -319,6 +348,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		else error_log_syslog = 0;
 
+		error_log_throttle_period = config_get_number("global", "errors flood protection period", error_log_throttle_period);
+		setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_THROTTLE_PERIOD", config_get("global", "errors flood protection period"    , ""), 1);
+
+		error_log_errors_per_period = config_get_number("global", "errors to trigger flood protection", error_log_errors_per_period);
+		setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_PER_PERIOD"     , config_get("global", "errors to trigger flood protection", ""), 1);
+
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 		access_log_file = config_get("global", "access log", LOG_DIR "/access.log");
@@ -347,7 +382,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		rrd_default_history_entries = (int) config_get_number("global", "history", RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
 		if(rrd_default_history_entries < 5 || rrd_default_history_entries > RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid save lines %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", rrd_default_history_entries, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
+			info("Invalid save lines %d given. Defaulting to %d.", rrd_default_history_entries, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
 			rrd_default_history_entries = RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES;
 		}
 		else {
@@ -358,7 +393,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		rrd_update_every = (int) config_get_number("global", "update every", UPDATE_EVERY);
 		if(rrd_update_every < 1 || rrd_update_every > 600) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid update timer %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", rrd_update_every, UPDATE_EVERY_MAX);
+			info("Invalid update timer %d given. Defaulting to %d.", rrd_update_every, UPDATE_EVERY_MAX);
 			rrd_update_every = UPDATE_EVERY;
 		}
 		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "update timer set to %d.", rrd_update_every);
@@ -372,6 +407,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+		i = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+		if(i != 0)
+			fatal("pthread_attr_init() failed with code %d.", i);
+
+		i = pthread_attr_getstacksize(&attr, &stacksize);
+		if(i != 0)
+			fatal("pthread_attr_getstacksize() failed with code %d.", i);
+		else
+			debug(D_OPTIONS, "initial pthread stack size is %zu bytes", stacksize);
+
+		wanted_stacksize = config_get_number("global", "pthread stack size", stacksize);
+
+		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 		for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
 			struct netdata_static_thread *st = &static_threads[i];
 
@@ -381,9 +430,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-		prepare_rundir();
+		// get the user we should run
+		// IMPORTANT: this is required before web_files_uid()
 		user = config_get("global", "run as user"    , (getuid() == 0)?NETDATA_USER:"");
-		web_files_uid();
+
+		// IMPORTANT: these have to run once, while single threaded
+		web_files_uid(); // IMPORTANT: web_files_uid() before web_files_gid()
+		web_files_gid();
 
 		// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -391,7 +444,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		listen_port = (int) config_get_number("global", "port", LISTEN_PORT);
 		if(listen_port < 1 || listen_port > 65535) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid listen port %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", listen_port, LISTEN_PORT);
+			info("Invalid listen port %d given. Defaulting to %d.", listen_port, LISTEN_PORT);
 			listen_port = LISTEN_PORT;
 		}
 		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "Listen port set to %d.", listen_port);
@@ -401,12 +454,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if(!strcmp(ipv, "any") || !strcmp(ipv, "both") || !strcmp(ipv, "all")) ip = 0;
 		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "4")) ip = 4;
 		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "6")) ip = 6;
-		else fprintf(stderr, "Cannot understand ip version '%s'. Assumming 'any'.", ipv);
+		else info("Cannot understand ip version '%s'. Assuming 'any'.", ipv);
 
-		if(ip == 0 || ip == 6) listen_fd = create_listen_socket6(listen_port, listen_backlog);
+		if(ip == 0 || ip == 6) listen_fd = create_listen_socket6(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
 		if(listen_fd < 0) {
-			listen_fd = create_listen_socket4(listen_port, listen_backlog);
-			if(listen_fd >= 0 && ip != 4) fprintf(stderr, "Managed to open an IPv4 socket on port %d.", listen_port);
+			listen_fd = create_listen_socket4(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
+			if(listen_fd >= 0 && ip != 4) info("Managed to open an IPv4 socket on port %d.", listen_port);
 		}
 
 		if(listen_fd < 0) fatal("Cannot listen socket.");
@@ -420,6 +473,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	if(debug_flags != 0) {
+		struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
+		if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
+			info("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");
+
+		prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+	}
+
 	if(output_log_syslog || error_log_syslog || access_log_syslog)
 		openlog("netdata", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
 
@@ -445,15 +506,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// get default pthread stack size
+
+	if(stacksize < wanted_stacksize) {
+		i = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, wanted_stacksize);
+		if(i != 0)
+			fatal("pthread_attr_setstacksize() to %zu bytes, failed with code %d.", wanted_stacksize, i);
+		else
+			info("Successfully set pthread stacksize to %zu bytes", wanted_stacksize);
+	}
+
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// spawn the threads
+
 	for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
 		struct netdata_static_thread *st = &static_threads[i];
 
 		if(st->enabled) {
 			st->thread = malloc(sizeof(pthread_t));
+			if(!st->thread)
+				fatal("Cannot allocate pthread_t memory");
 
 			info("Starting thread %s.", st->name);
 
-			if(pthread_create(st->thread, NULL, st->start_routine, NULL))
+			if(pthread_create(st->thread, &attr, st->start_routine, NULL))
 				error("failed to create new thread for %s.", st->name);
 
 			else if(pthread_detach(*st->thread))
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 6a90efd9d..6a90efd9d 100755..100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
diff --git a/src/plugin_checks.c b/src/plugin_checks.c
index 379fb9a84..379fb9a84 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_checks.c
+++ b/src/plugin_checks.c
diff --git a/src/plugin_checks.h b/src/plugin_checks.h
index c27685b84..c27685b84 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_checks.h
+++ b/src/plugin_checks.h
diff --git a/src/plugin_idlejitter.c b/src/plugin_idlejitter.c
index 56c22a160..56c22a160 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_idlejitter.c
+++ b/src/plugin_idlejitter.c
diff --git a/src/plugin_idlejitter.h b/src/plugin_idlejitter.h
index dc82f052f..dc82f052f 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_idlejitter.h
+++ b/src/plugin_idlejitter.h
diff --git a/src/plugin_nfacct.c b/src/plugin_nfacct.c
index 0c5b39457..6cde66e0c 100644
--- a/src/plugin_nfacct.c
+++ b/src/plugin_nfacct.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
 #include <libnetfilter_acct/libnetfilter_acct.h>
 
+#include "main.h"
 #include "global_statistics.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "appconfig.h"
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ void *nfacct_main(void *ptr) {
 		if(nfacct_list && nfacct_list->len) {
 			int i;
 
-			st = rrdset_find_bytype("nfacct", "packets");
+			st = rrdset_find_bytype("netfilter", "nfacct_packets");
 			if(!st) {
-				st = rrdset_create("nfacct", "packets", NULL, "netfilter", "Netfilter Accounting Packets", "packets/s", 1006, rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+				st = rrdset_create("netfilter", "nfacct_packets", NULL, "nfacct", NULL, "Netfilter Accounting Packets", "packets/s", 1006, rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
 
 				for(i = 0; i < nfacct_list->len ; i++)
 					rrddim_add(st, nfacct_list->data[i].name, NULL, 1, rrd_update_every, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -187,9 +188,9 @@ void *nfacct_main(void *ptr) {
 
 			// ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			st = rrdset_find_bytype("nfacct", "bytes");
+			st = rrdset_find_bytype("netfilter", "nfacct_bytes");
 			if(!st) {
-				st = rrdset_create("nfacct", "bytes", NULL, "netfilter", "Netfilter Accounting Bandwidth", "kilobytes/s", 1007, rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+				st = rrdset_create("netfilter", "nfacct_bytes", NULL, "nfacct", NULL, "Netfilter Accounting Bandwidth", "kilobytes/s", 1007, rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
 
 				for(i = 0; i < nfacct_list->len ; i++)
 					rrddim_add(st, nfacct_list->data[i].name, NULL, 1, 1000 * rrd_update_every, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
diff --git a/src/plugin_nfacct.h b/src/plugin_nfacct.h
index 88a3a9230..88a3a9230 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_nfacct.h
+++ b/src/plugin_nfacct.h
diff --git a/src/plugin_proc.c b/src/plugin_proc.c
index af679de1e..4cd20afc5 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_proc.c
+++ b/src/plugin_proc.c
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ void *proc_main(void *ptr)
 	int vdo_proc_net_dev 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/dev", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_diskstats 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/diskstats", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_net_snmp 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/snmp", 1);
+	int vdo_proc_net_snmp6 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/snmp6", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_net_netstat 		= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/netstat", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_net_stat_conntrack = !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/stat/conntrack", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_net_ip_vs_stats 	= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/ip_vs/stats", 1);
+	int vdo_proc_net_stat_synproxy 	= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/net/stat/synproxy", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_stat 				= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/stat", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_meminfo 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/meminfo", 1);
 	int vdo_proc_vmstat 			= !config_get_boolean("plugin:proc", "/proc/vmstat", 1);
@@ -61,9 +63,11 @@ void *proc_main(void *ptr)
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_dev = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_diskstats = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_snmp = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_snmp6 = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_netstat = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_stat_conntrack = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_ip_vs_stats = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long sutime_proc_net_stat_synproxy = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_stat = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_meminfo = 0ULL;
 	unsigned long long sutime_proc_vmstat = 0ULL;
@@ -160,6 +164,14 @@ void *proc_main(void *ptr)
 		}
 		if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
 
+		if(!vdo_proc_net_snmp6) {
+			debug(D_PROCNETDEV_LOOP, "PROCNETDEV: calling do_proc_net_snmp6().");
+			sunow = sutime();
+			vdo_proc_net_snmp6 = do_proc_net_snmp6(rrd_update_every, (sutime_proc_net_snmp6 > 0)?sunow - sutime_proc_net_snmp6:0ULL);
+			sutime_proc_net_snmp6 = sunow;
+		}
+		if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
+
 		if(!vdo_proc_net_netstat) {
 			debug(D_PROCNETDEV_LOOP, "PROCNETDEV: calling do_proc_net_netstat().");
 			sunow = sutime();
@@ -184,6 +196,14 @@ void *proc_main(void *ptr)
 		}
 		if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
 
+		if(!vdo_proc_net_stat_synproxy) {
+			debug(D_PROCNETDEV_LOOP, "PROCNETDEV: calling vdo_proc_net_stat_synproxy().");
+			sunow = sutime();
+			vdo_proc_net_stat_synproxy = do_proc_net_stat_synproxy(rrd_update_every, (sutime_proc_net_stat_synproxy > 0)?sunow - sutime_proc_net_stat_synproxy:0ULL);
+			sutime_proc_net_stat_synproxy = sunow;
+		}
+		if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
+
 		if(!vdo_proc_stat) {
 			debug(D_PROCNETDEV_LOOP, "PROCNETDEV: calling do_proc_stat().");
 			sunow = sutime();
diff --git a/src/plugin_proc.h b/src/plugin_proc.h
index 28b8c59ef..a512e1cdf 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_proc.h
+++ b/src/plugin_proc.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ void *proc_main(void *ptr);
 extern int do_proc_net_dev(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_net_snmp(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
+extern int do_proc_net_snmp6(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_net_ip_vs_stats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
@@ -18,5 +19,6 @@ extern int do_proc_interrupts(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_softirqs(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_sys_kernel_mm_ksm(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 extern int do_proc_loadavg(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
+extern int do_proc_net_stat_synproxy(int update_every, unsigned long long dt);
 
 #endif /* NETDATA_PLUGIN_PROC_H */
diff --git a/src/plugin_tc.c b/src/plugin_tc.c
index f02b70788..2c7a55cee 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_tc.c
+++ b/src/plugin_tc.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "popen.h"
 #include "plugin_tc.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 #define RRD_TYPE_TC					"tc"
 #define RRD_TYPE_TC_LEN				strlen(RRD_TYPE_TC)
@@ -346,11 +347,15 @@ static struct tc_device *tc_device_create(char *id)
 
 		d->classes_index.root = NULL;
 		d->classes_index.compar = tc_class_compare;
+
+		int lock;
 #ifdef AVL_LOCK_WITH_MUTEX
-		pthread_mutex_init(&d->classes_index.mutex, NULL);
+		lock = pthread_mutex_init(&d->classes_index.mutex, NULL);
 #else
-		pthread_rwlock_init(&d->classes_index.rwlock, NULL);
+		lock = pthread_rwlock_init(&d->classes_index.rwlock, NULL);
 #endif
+		if(lock != 0)
+			fatal("Failed to initialize plugin_tc mutex/rwlock, return code %d.", lock);
 
 		tc_device_index_add(d);
 
@@ -713,7 +718,8 @@ void *tc_main(void *ptr)
 			//	debug(D_TC_LOOP, "IGNORED line");
 			//}
 		}
-		mypclose(fp, tc_child_pid);
+		// fgets() failed or loop broke
+		int code = mypclose(fp, tc_child_pid);
 		tc_child_pid = 0;
 
 		if(device) {
@@ -728,10 +734,19 @@ void *tc_main(void *ptr)
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
+		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();
+			pthread_exit(NULL);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
 		sleep((unsigned int) rrd_update_every);
 	}
 
 	pthread_exit(NULL);
 	return NULL;
 }
-
diff --git a/src/plugin_tc.h b/src/plugin_tc.h
index c3abbddd0..c3abbddd0 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugin_tc.h
+++ b/src/plugin_tc.h
diff --git a/src/plugins_d.c b/src/plugins_d.c
index eb8f141b8..b8524d99c 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugins_d.c
+++ b/src/plugins_d.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "rrd.h"
 #include "popen.h"
 #include "plugins_d.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 struct plugind *pluginsd_root = NULL;
 
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ void *pluginsd_worker_thread(void *arg)
 					break;
 				}
 
-				if(unlikely(st->debug)) debug(D_PLUGINSD, "PLUGINSD: '%s' is requesting a END on chart %s", cd->fullfilename, st->id);
+				if(unlikely(st->debug)) debug(D_PLUGINSD, "PLUGINSD: '%s' is requesting an END on chart %s", cd->fullfilename, st->id);
 
 				rrdset_done(st);
 				st = NULL;
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ void *pluginsd_worker_thread(void *arg)
 		}
 
 		if(unlikely(!count && cd->enabled)) {
-			error("PLUGINSD: '%s' (pid %d) does not generate usefull output. Waiting a bit before starting it again.", cd->fullfilename, cd->pid);
+			error("PLUGINSD: '%s' (pid %d) does not generate useful output. Waiting a bit before starting it again.", cd->fullfilename, cd->pid);
 			sleep((unsigned int) (cd->update_every * 10));
 		}
 
@@ -528,5 +529,3 @@ void *pluginsd_main(void *ptr)
 	pthread_exit(NULL);
 	return NULL;
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/plugins_d.h b/src/plugins_d.h
index 11e89e0ac..11e89e0ac 100755..100644
--- a/src/plugins_d.h
+++ b/src/plugins_d.h
diff --git a/src/popen.c b/src/popen.c
index 882a4cc5a..882a4cc5a 100755..100644
--- a/src/popen.c
+++ b/src/popen.c
diff --git a/src/popen.h b/src/popen.h
index 10680f0c8..10680f0c8 100755..100644
--- a/src/popen.h
+++ b/src/popen.h
diff --git a/src/proc_diskstats.c b/src/proc_diskstats.c
index f404118fa..c2b84aae1 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_diskstats.c
+++ b/src/proc_diskstats.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -14,6 +17,73 @@
 
 #define RRD_TYPE_DISK "disk"
 
+struct disk {
+	unsigned long major;
+	unsigned long minor;
+	int partition_id;       // -1 = this is not a partition
+	struct disk *next;
+} *disk_root = NULL;
+
+struct disk *get_disk(unsigned long major, unsigned long minor) {
+	static char path_find_block_device_partition[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "";
+	struct disk *d;
+
+	// search for it in our RAM list.
+	// this is sequential, but since we just walk through
+	// and the number of disks / partitions in a system
+	// should not be that many, it should be acceptable
+	for(d = disk_root; d ; d = d->next)
+		if(unlikely(d->major == major && d->minor == minor))
+			break;
+
+	// if we found it, return it
+	if(likely(d))
+		return d;
+
+	if(unlikely(!path_find_block_device_partition[0])) {
+		char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+		snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, "/sys/dev/block/%lu:%lu/partition");
+		snprintf(path_find_block_device_partition, FILENAME_MAX, "%s", config_get("plugin:proc:/proc/diskstats", "path to get block device partition", filename));
+	}
+
+	// not found
+	// create a new disk structure
+	d = (struct disk *)malloc(sizeof(struct disk));
+	if(!d) fatal("Cannot allocate memory for struct disk in proc_diskstats.");
+
+	d->major = major;
+	d->minor = minor;
+	d->partition_id = -1;
+	d->next = NULL;
+
+	// append it to the list
+	if(!disk_root)
+		disk_root = d;
+	else {
+		struct disk *last;
+		for(last = disk_root; last->next ;last = last->next);
+		last->next = d;
+	}
+
+	// find if it is a partition
+	// by reading /sys/dev/block/MAJOR:MINOR/partition
+	char buffer[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+	snprintf(buffer, FILENAME_MAX, path_find_block_device_partition, major, minor);
+
+	int fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY, 0666);
+	if(likely(fd != -1)) {
+		// we opened it
+		int bytes = read(fd, buffer, FILENAME_MAX);
+		close(fd);
+
+		if(bytes > 0)
+			d->partition_id = strtoul(buffer, NULL, 10);
+	}
+	// if the /partition file does not exist, it is a disk, not a partition
+
+	return d;
+}
+
 int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	static procfile *ff = NULL;
 	static char path_to_get_hw_sector_size[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "";
@@ -40,7 +110,7 @@ int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	if(!path_to_get_hw_sector_size[0]) {
 		char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
 		snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, "/sys/block/%s/queue/hw_sector_size");
-		snprintf(path_to_get_hw_sector_size, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, config_get("plugin:proc:/proc/diskstats", "path to get h/w sector size", filename));
+		snprintf(path_to_get_hw_sector_size, FILENAME_MAX, "%s", config_get("plugin:proc:/proc/diskstats", "path to get h/w sector size", filename));
 	}
 
 	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
@@ -107,13 +177,19 @@ int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 		// I/O completion time and the backlog that may be accumulating.
 		backlog_ms 		= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 13), NULL, 10);	// rq_ticks
 
-
 		int def_enabled = 0;
 
 		// remove slashes from disk names
 		char *s;
 		for(s = disk; *s ;s++) if(*s == '/') *s = '_';
 
+		struct disk *d = get_disk(major, minor);
+		if(d->partition_id == -1)
+			def_enabled = enable_new_disks;
+		else
+			def_enabled = 0;
+
+/*
 		switch(major) {
 			case 9: // MDs
 			case 43: // network block
@@ -123,6 +199,7 @@ int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 			case 199: // veritas
 			case 201: // veritas
 			case 251: // dm
+			case 253: // virtio
 				def_enabled = enable_new_disks;
 				break;
 
@@ -195,8 +272,10 @@ int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 			case 135: // scsi
 			case 153: // raid
 			case 202: // xen
+			case 254: // virtio3
 			case 256: // flash
 			case 257: // flash
+			case 259: // nvme0n1 issue #119
 				if(minor % 16) def_enabled = 0; // partitions
 				else def_enabled = enable_new_disks;
 				break;
@@ -230,6 +309,7 @@ int do_proc_diskstats(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 				def_enabled = 0;
 				break;
 		}
+*/
 
 		int ddo_io = do_io, ddo_ops = do_ops, ddo_mops = do_mops, ddo_iotime = do_iotime, ddo_qops = do_qops, ddo_util = do_util, ddo_backlog = do_backlog;
 
diff --git a/src/proc_interrupts.c b/src/proc_interrupts.c
index 25482dfa7..6704ef1a5 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_interrupts.c
+++ b/src/proc_interrupts.c
@@ -25,10 +25,28 @@ struct interrupt {
 	unsigned long long total;
 };
 
+static struct interrupt *alloc_interrupts(int lines) {
+	static struct interrupt *irrs = NULL;
+	static int alloced = 0;
+
+	if(lines < alloced) return irrs;
+	else {
+		irrs = (struct interrupt *)realloc(irrs, lines * sizeof(struct interrupt));
+		if(!irrs)
+			fatal("Cannot allocate memory for %d interrupts", lines);
+
+		alloced = lines;
+	}
+
+	return irrs;
+}
+
 int do_proc_interrupts(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	static procfile *ff = NULL;
 	static int cpus = -1, do_per_core = -1;
 
+	struct interrupt *irrs = NULL;
+
 	if(dt) {};
 
 	if(do_per_core == -1) do_per_core = config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/interrupts", "interrupts per core", 1);
@@ -46,6 +64,11 @@ int do_proc_interrupts(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	uint32_t lines = procfile_lines(ff), l;
 	uint32_t words = procfile_linewords(ff, 0), w;
 
+	if(!lines) {
+		error("Cannot read /proc/interrupts, zero lines reported.");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	// find how many CPUs are there
 	if(cpus == -1) {
 		cpus = 0;
@@ -63,7 +86,7 @@ int do_proc_interrupts(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	}
 
 	// allocate the size we need;
-	struct interrupt irrs[lines];
+	irrs = alloc_interrupts(lines);
 	irrs[0].used = 0;
 
 	// loop through all lines
diff --git a/src/proc_loadavg.c b/src/proc_loadavg.c
index cd7edc832..cd7edc832 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_loadavg.c
+++ b/src/proc_loadavg.c
diff --git a/src/proc_meminfo.c b/src/proc_meminfo.c
index dbd43369f..dbd43369f 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_meminfo.c
+++ b/src/proc_meminfo.c
diff --git a/src/proc_net_dev.c b/src/proc_net_dev.c
index 5070ab817..5070ab817 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_net_dev.c
+++ b/src/proc_net_dev.c
diff --git a/src/proc_net_ip_vs_stats.c b/src/proc_net_ip_vs_stats.c
index 8c2ece7d3..8c2ece7d3 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_net_ip_vs_stats.c
+++ b/src/proc_net_ip_vs_stats.c
diff --git a/src/proc_net_netstat.c b/src/proc_net_netstat.c
index 3f178a4a3..859cf9053 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_net_netstat.c
+++ b/src/proc_net_netstat.c
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	static int do_bandwidth = -1, do_inerrors = -1, do_mcast = -1, do_bcast = -1, do_mcast_p = -1, do_bcast_p = -1;
 	static procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-	if(do_bandwidth == -1)	do_bandwidth	= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "bandwidth", 1);
-	if(do_inerrors == -1)	do_inerrors		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "input errors", 1);
-	if(do_mcast == -1)		do_mcast 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "multicast bandwidth", 1);
-	if(do_bcast == -1)		do_bcast 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "broadcast bandwidth", 1);
-	if(do_mcast_p == -1)	do_mcast_p 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "multicast packets", 1);
-	if(do_bcast_p == -1)	do_bcast_p 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "broadcast packets", 1);
+	if(do_bandwidth == -1)	do_bandwidth	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_inerrors == -1)	do_inerrors		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "input errors", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_mcast == -1)		do_mcast 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "multicast bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_bcast == -1)		do_bcast 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "broadcast bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_mcast_p == -1)	do_mcast_p 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "multicast packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_bcast_p == -1)	do_bcast_p 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/netstat", "broadcast packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
 
 	if(dt) {};
 
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_bandwidth) {
+			if(do_bandwidth == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_bandwidth == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InOctets || OutOctets))) {
+				do_bandwidth = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("system.ipv4");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("system", "ipv4", NULL, "network", NULL, "IPv4 Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
@@ -91,25 +92,27 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_inerrors) {
+			if(do_inerrors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_inerrors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InNoRoutes || InTruncatedPkts))) {
+				do_inerrors = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("ipv4.inerrors");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("ipv4", "inerrors", NULL, "errors", NULL, "IPv4 Input Errors", "packets/s", 4000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 					st->isdetail = 1;
 
 					rrddim_add(st, "noroutes", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-					rrddim_add(st, "trunkated", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+					rrddim_add(st, "truncated", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
 				}
 				else rrdset_next(st);
 
 				rrddim_set(st, "noroutes", InNoRoutes);
-				rrddim_set(st, "trunkated", InTruncatedPkts);
+				rrddim_set(st, "truncated", InTruncatedPkts);
 				rrdset_done(st);
 			}
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_mcast) {
+			if(do_mcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_mcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InMcastOctets || OutMcastOctets))) {
+				do_mcast = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("ipv4.mcast");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("ipv4", "mcast", NULL, "multicast", NULL, "IPv4 Multicast Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 9000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
@@ -127,7 +130,8 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_bcast) {
+			if(do_bcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_bcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InBcastOctets || OutBcastOctets))) {
+				do_bcast = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("ipv4.bcast");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("ipv4", "bcast", NULL, "broadcast", NULL, "IPv4 Broadcast Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 8000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
@@ -145,7 +149,8 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_mcast_p) {
+			if(do_mcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_mcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InMcastPkts || OutMcastPkts))) {
+				do_mcast_p = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("ipv4.mcastpkts");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("ipv4", "mcastpkts", NULL, "multicast", NULL, "IPv4 Multicast Packets", "packets/s", 9500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
@@ -163,7 +168,8 @@ int do_proc_net_netstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 
 			// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-			if(do_bcast_p) {
+			if(do_bcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_bcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (InBcastPkts || OutBcastPkts))) {
+				do_bcast_p = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
 				st = rrdset_find("ipv4.bcastpkts");
 				if(!st) {
 					st = rrdset_create("ipv4", "bcastpkts", NULL, "broadcast", NULL, "IPv4 Broadcast Packets", "packets/s", 8500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
diff --git a/src/proc_net_snmp.c b/src/proc_net_snmp.c
index efefbadce..742b4cfc7 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_net_snmp.c
+++ b/src/proc_net_snmp.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int do_proc_net_snmp(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 		do_udp_packets = -1, do_udp_errors = -1;
 
 	if(do_ip_packets == -1)		do_ip_packets 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 packets", 1);
-	if(do_ip_fragsout == -1)	do_ip_fragsout 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 fragrments sent", 1);
+	if(do_ip_fragsout == -1)	do_ip_fragsout 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 fragments sent", 1);
 	if(do_ip_fragsin == -1)		do_ip_fragsin 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 fragments assembly", 1);
 	if(do_ip_errors == -1)		do_ip_errors 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 errors", 1);
 	if(do_tcp_sockets == -1)	do_tcp_sockets 		= config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp", "ipv4 TCP connections", 1);
diff --git a/src/proc_net_snmp6.c b/src/proc_net_snmp6.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7fadf573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proc_net_snmp6.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1067 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "appconfig.h"
+#include "procfile.h"
+#include "rrd.h"
+#include "plugin_proc.h"
+
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6			"ipv6"
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6_LEN		strlen(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6)
+
+int do_proc_net_snmp6(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
+	static procfile *ff = NULL;
+	static int gen_hashes = -1;
+
+	static int do_ip_packets = -1, do_ip_fragsout = -1, do_ip_fragsin = -1, do_ip_errors = -1,
+		do_udplite_packets = -1, do_udplite_errors = -1,
+		do_udp_packets = -1, do_udp_errors = -1,
+		do_bandwidth = -1, do_mcast = -1, do_bcast = -1, do_mcast_p = -1,
+		do_icmp = -1, do_icmp_redir = -1, do_icmp_errors = -1, do_icmp_echos = -1, do_icmp_groupmemb = -1,
+		do_icmp_router = -1, do_icmp_neighbor = -1, do_icmp_mldv2 = -1, do_icmp_types = -1, do_ect = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InReceives = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InHdrErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InTooBigErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InNoRoutes = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InAddrErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InUnknownProtos = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InTruncatedPkts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InDiscards = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InDelivers = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutForwDatagrams = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutRequests = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutDiscards = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutNoRoutes = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6ReasmTimeout = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6ReasmReqds = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6ReasmOKs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6ReasmFails = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6FragOKs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6FragFails = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6FragCreates = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InMcastPkts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutMcastPkts = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InOctets = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutOctets = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InMcastOctets = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutMcastOctets = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InBcastOctets = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6OutBcastOctets = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InNoECTPkts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InECT1Pkts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InECT0Pkts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Ip6InCEPkts = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InMsgs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutMsgs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InCsumErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InDestUnreachs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InPktTooBigs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InTimeExcds = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InParmProblems = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InEchos = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InEchoReplies = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InGroupMembQueries = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InGroupMembResponses = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InGroupMembReductions = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InRouterSolicits = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InNeighborSolicits = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InRedirects = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InMLDv2Reports = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutDestUnreachs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutPktTooBigs = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutTimeExcds = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutParmProblems = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutEchos = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutEchoReplies = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutRouterSolicits = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutRedirects = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InType1 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InType128 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InType129 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6InType136 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType1 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType128 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType129 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType133 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType135 = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Icmp6OutType143 = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6InDatagrams = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6NoPorts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6InErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6OutDatagrams = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6RcvbufErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6SndbufErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6InCsumErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_Udp6IgnoredMulti = -1;
+
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6InDatagrams = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6NoPorts = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6InErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6OutDatagrams = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6RcvbufErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6SndbufErrors = -1;
+	static uint32_t hash_UdpLite6InCsumErrors = -1;
+
+	if(gen_hashes != 1) {
+		gen_hashes = 1;
+		hash_Ip6InReceives = simple_hash("Ip6InReceives");
+		hash_Ip6InHdrErrors = simple_hash("Ip6InHdrErrors");
+		hash_Ip6InTooBigErrors = simple_hash("Ip6InTooBigErrors");
+		hash_Ip6InNoRoutes = simple_hash("Ip6InNoRoutes");
+		hash_Ip6InAddrErrors = simple_hash("Ip6InAddrErrors");
+		hash_Ip6InUnknownProtos = simple_hash("Ip6InUnknownProtos");
+		hash_Ip6InTruncatedPkts = simple_hash("Ip6InTruncatedPkts");
+		hash_Ip6InDiscards = simple_hash("Ip6InDiscards");
+		hash_Ip6InDelivers = simple_hash("Ip6InDelivers");
+		hash_Ip6OutForwDatagrams = simple_hash("Ip6OutForwDatagrams");
+		hash_Ip6OutRequests = simple_hash("Ip6OutRequests");
+		hash_Ip6OutDiscards = simple_hash("Ip6OutDiscards");
+		hash_Ip6OutNoRoutes = simple_hash("Ip6OutNoRoutes");
+		hash_Ip6ReasmTimeout = simple_hash("Ip6ReasmTimeout");
+		hash_Ip6ReasmReqds = simple_hash("Ip6ReasmReqds");
+		hash_Ip6ReasmOKs = simple_hash("Ip6ReasmOKs");
+		hash_Ip6ReasmFails = simple_hash("Ip6ReasmFails");
+		hash_Ip6FragOKs = simple_hash("Ip6FragOKs");
+		hash_Ip6FragFails = simple_hash("Ip6FragFails");
+		hash_Ip6FragCreates = simple_hash("Ip6FragCreates");
+		hash_Ip6InMcastPkts = simple_hash("Ip6InMcastPkts");
+		hash_Ip6OutMcastPkts = simple_hash("Ip6OutMcastPkts");
+		hash_Ip6InOctets = simple_hash("Ip6InOctets");
+		hash_Ip6OutOctets = simple_hash("Ip6OutOctets");
+		hash_Ip6InMcastOctets = simple_hash("Ip6InMcastOctets");
+		hash_Ip6OutMcastOctets = simple_hash("Ip6OutMcastOctets");
+		hash_Ip6InBcastOctets = simple_hash("Ip6InBcastOctets");
+		hash_Ip6OutBcastOctets = simple_hash("Ip6OutBcastOctets");
+		hash_Ip6InNoECTPkts = simple_hash("Ip6InNoECTPkts");
+		hash_Ip6InECT1Pkts = simple_hash("Ip6InECT1Pkts");
+		hash_Ip6InECT0Pkts = simple_hash("Ip6InECT0Pkts");
+		hash_Ip6InCEPkts = simple_hash("Ip6InCEPkts");
+		hash_Icmp6InMsgs = simple_hash("Icmp6InMsgs");
+		hash_Icmp6InErrors = simple_hash("Icmp6InErrors");
+		hash_Icmp6OutMsgs = simple_hash("Icmp6OutMsgs");
+		hash_Icmp6OutErrors = simple_hash("Icmp6OutErrors");
+		hash_Icmp6InCsumErrors = simple_hash("Icmp6InCsumErrors");
+		hash_Icmp6InDestUnreachs = simple_hash("Icmp6InDestUnreachs");
+		hash_Icmp6InPktTooBigs = simple_hash("Icmp6InPktTooBigs");
+		hash_Icmp6InTimeExcds = simple_hash("Icmp6InTimeExcds");
+		hash_Icmp6InParmProblems = simple_hash("Icmp6InParmProblems");
+		hash_Icmp6InEchos = simple_hash("Icmp6InEchos");
+		hash_Icmp6InEchoReplies = simple_hash("Icmp6InEchoReplies");
+		hash_Icmp6InGroupMembQueries = simple_hash("Icmp6InGroupMembQueries");
+		hash_Icmp6InGroupMembResponses = simple_hash("Icmp6InGroupMembResponses");
+		hash_Icmp6InGroupMembReductions = simple_hash("Icmp6InGroupMembReductions");
+		hash_Icmp6InRouterSolicits = simple_hash("Icmp6InRouterSolicits");
+		hash_Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements = simple_hash("Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements");
+		hash_Icmp6InNeighborSolicits = simple_hash("Icmp6InNeighborSolicits");
+		hash_Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements = simple_hash("Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements");
+		hash_Icmp6InRedirects = simple_hash("Icmp6InRedirects");
+		hash_Icmp6InMLDv2Reports = simple_hash("Icmp6InMLDv2Reports");
+		hash_Icmp6OutDestUnreachs = simple_hash("Icmp6OutDestUnreachs");
+		hash_Icmp6OutPktTooBigs = simple_hash("Icmp6OutPktTooBigs");
+		hash_Icmp6OutTimeExcds = simple_hash("Icmp6OutTimeExcds");
+		hash_Icmp6OutParmProblems = simple_hash("Icmp6OutParmProblems");
+		hash_Icmp6OutEchos = simple_hash("Icmp6OutEchos");
+		hash_Icmp6OutEchoReplies = simple_hash("Icmp6OutEchoReplies");
+		hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries = simple_hash("Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries");
+		hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses = simple_hash("Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses");
+		hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions = simple_hash("Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions");
+		hash_Icmp6OutRouterSolicits = simple_hash("Icmp6OutRouterSolicits");
+		hash_Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements = simple_hash("Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements");
+		hash_Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits = simple_hash("Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits");
+		hash_Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements = simple_hash("Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements");
+		hash_Icmp6OutRedirects = simple_hash("Icmp6OutRedirects");
+		hash_Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports = simple_hash("Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports");
+		hash_Icmp6InType1 = simple_hash("Icmp6InType1");
+		hash_Icmp6InType128 = simple_hash("Icmp6InType128");
+		hash_Icmp6InType129 = simple_hash("Icmp6InType129");
+		hash_Icmp6InType136 = simple_hash("Icmp6InType136");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType1 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType1");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType128 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType128");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType129 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType129");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType133 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType133");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType135 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType135");
+		hash_Icmp6OutType143 = simple_hash("Icmp6OutType143");
+		hash_Udp6InDatagrams = simple_hash("Udp6InDatagrams");
+		hash_Udp6NoPorts = simple_hash("Udp6NoPorts");
+		hash_Udp6InErrors = simple_hash("Udp6InErrors");
+		hash_Udp6OutDatagrams = simple_hash("Udp6OutDatagrams");
+		hash_Udp6RcvbufErrors = simple_hash("Udp6RcvbufErrors");
+		hash_Udp6SndbufErrors = simple_hash("Udp6SndbufErrors");
+		hash_Udp6InCsumErrors = simple_hash("Udp6InCsumErrors");
+		hash_Udp6IgnoredMulti = simple_hash("Udp6IgnoredMulti");
+		hash_UdpLite6InDatagrams = simple_hash("UdpLite6InDatagrams");
+		hash_UdpLite6NoPorts = simple_hash("UdpLite6NoPorts");
+		hash_UdpLite6InErrors = simple_hash("UdpLite6InErrors");
+		hash_UdpLite6OutDatagrams = simple_hash("UdpLite6OutDatagrams");
+		hash_UdpLite6RcvbufErrors = simple_hash("UdpLite6RcvbufErrors");
+		hash_UdpLite6SndbufErrors = simple_hash("UdpLite6SndbufErrors");
+		hash_UdpLite6InCsumErrors = simple_hash("UdpLite6InCsumErrors");
+	}
+
+	if(do_ip_packets == -1)			do_ip_packets 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_ip_fragsout == -1)		do_ip_fragsout 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 fragments sent", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_ip_fragsin == -1)			do_ip_fragsin 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 fragments assembly", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_ip_errors == -1)			do_ip_errors 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 errors", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_udp_packets == -1)		do_udp_packets 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 UDP packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_udp_errors == -1)			do_udp_errors 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 UDP errors", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_udplite_packets == -1)	do_udplite_packets	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 UDPlite packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_udplite_errors == -1)		do_udplite_errors	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ipv6 UDPlite errors", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_bandwidth == -1)			do_bandwidth		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_mcast == -1)				do_mcast 			= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "multicast bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_bcast == -1)				do_bcast 			= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "broadcast bandwidth", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_mcast_p == -1)			do_mcast_p 			= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "multicast packets", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp == -1)				do_icmp 			= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_redir == -1)			do_icmp_redir 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp redirects", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_errors == -1)		do_icmp_errors 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp errors", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_echos == -1)			do_icmp_echos 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp echos", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_groupmemb == -1)		do_icmp_groupmemb 	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp group membership", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_router == -1)		do_icmp_router 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp router", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_neighbor == -1)		do_icmp_neighbor 	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp neighbor", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_mldv2 == -1)			do_icmp_mldv2 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp mldv2", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_icmp_types == -1)			do_icmp_types 		= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "icmp types", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_ect == -1)				do_ect 				= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "ect", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+
+	if(dt) {};
+
+	if(!ff) {
+		char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+		snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, "/proc/net/snmp6");
+		ff = procfile_open(config_get("plugin:proc:/proc/net/snmp6", "filename to monitor", filename), " \t:", PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+	}
+	if(!ff) return 1;
+
+	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
+	if(!ff) return 0; // we return 0, so that we will retry to open it next time
+
+	uint32_t lines = procfile_lines(ff), l;
+	uint32_t words;
+
+	unsigned long long Ip6InReceives = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InHdrErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InTooBigErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InNoRoutes = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InAddrErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InUnknownProtos = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InTruncatedPkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InDiscards = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InDelivers = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutForwDatagrams = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutRequests = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutDiscards = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutNoRoutes = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6ReasmTimeout = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6ReasmReqds = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6ReasmOKs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6ReasmFails = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6FragOKs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6FragFails = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6FragCreates = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InMcastPkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutMcastPkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InMcastOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutMcastOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InBcastOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6OutBcastOctets = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InNoECTPkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InECT1Pkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InECT0Pkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Ip6InCEPkts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InMsgs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutMsgs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InCsumErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InDestUnreachs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InPktTooBigs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InTimeExcds = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InParmProblems = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InEchos = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InEchoReplies = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InGroupMembQueries = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InGroupMembResponses = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InGroupMembReductions = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InRouterSolicits = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InNeighborSolicits = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InRedirects = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InMLDv2Reports = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutDestUnreachs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutPktTooBigs = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutTimeExcds = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutParmProblems = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutEchos = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutEchoReplies = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutRouterSolicits = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutRedirects = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InType1 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InType128 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InType129 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6InType136 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType1 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType128 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType129 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType133 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType135 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Icmp6OutType143 = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6InDatagrams = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6NoPorts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6InErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6OutDatagrams = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6RcvbufErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6SndbufErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6InCsumErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long Udp6IgnoredMulti = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6InDatagrams = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6NoPorts = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6InErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6OutDatagrams = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6RcvbufErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6SndbufErrors = 0ULL;
+	unsigned long long UdpLite6InCsumErrors = 0ULL;
+
+	for(l = 0; l < lines ;l++) {
+		words = procfile_linewords(ff, l);
+		if(words < 2) {
+			if(words) error("Cannot read /proc/net/snmp6 line %d. Expected 2 params, read %d.", l, words);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		char *name = procfile_lineword(ff, l, 0);
+		char * value = procfile_lineword(ff, l, 1);
+		if(!name || !*name || !value || !*value) continue;
+
+		uint32_t hash = simple_hash(name);
+
+		if(0) ;
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InReceives && strcmp(name, "Ip6InReceives") == 0) Ip6InReceives = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InHdrErrors && strcmp(name, "Ip6InHdrErrors") == 0) Ip6InHdrErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InTooBigErrors && strcmp(name, "Ip6InTooBigErrors") == 0) Ip6InTooBigErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InNoRoutes && strcmp(name, "Ip6InNoRoutes") == 0) Ip6InNoRoutes = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InAddrErrors && strcmp(name, "Ip6InAddrErrors") == 0) Ip6InAddrErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InUnknownProtos && strcmp(name, "Ip6InUnknownProtos") == 0) Ip6InUnknownProtos = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InTruncatedPkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InTruncatedPkts") == 0) Ip6InTruncatedPkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InDiscards && strcmp(name, "Ip6InDiscards") == 0) Ip6InDiscards = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InDelivers && strcmp(name, "Ip6InDelivers") == 0) Ip6InDelivers = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutForwDatagrams && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutForwDatagrams") == 0) Ip6OutForwDatagrams = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutRequests && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutRequests") == 0) Ip6OutRequests = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutDiscards && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutDiscards") == 0) Ip6OutDiscards = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutNoRoutes && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutNoRoutes") == 0) Ip6OutNoRoutes = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6ReasmTimeout && strcmp(name, "Ip6ReasmTimeout") == 0) Ip6ReasmTimeout = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6ReasmReqds && strcmp(name, "Ip6ReasmReqds") == 0) Ip6ReasmReqds = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6ReasmOKs && strcmp(name, "Ip6ReasmOKs") == 0) Ip6ReasmOKs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6ReasmFails && strcmp(name, "Ip6ReasmFails") == 0) Ip6ReasmFails = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6FragOKs && strcmp(name, "Ip6FragOKs") == 0) Ip6FragOKs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6FragFails && strcmp(name, "Ip6FragFails") == 0) Ip6FragFails = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6FragCreates && strcmp(name, "Ip6FragCreates") == 0) Ip6FragCreates = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InMcastPkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InMcastPkts") == 0) Ip6InMcastPkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutMcastPkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutMcastPkts") == 0) Ip6OutMcastPkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6InOctets") == 0) Ip6InOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutOctets") == 0) Ip6OutOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InMcastOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6InMcastOctets") == 0) Ip6InMcastOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutMcastOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutMcastOctets") == 0) Ip6OutMcastOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InBcastOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6InBcastOctets") == 0) Ip6InBcastOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6OutBcastOctets && strcmp(name, "Ip6OutBcastOctets") == 0) Ip6OutBcastOctets = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InNoECTPkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InNoECTPkts") == 0) Ip6InNoECTPkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InECT1Pkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InECT1Pkts") == 0) Ip6InECT1Pkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InECT0Pkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InECT0Pkts") == 0) Ip6InECT0Pkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Ip6InCEPkts && strcmp(name, "Ip6InCEPkts") == 0) Ip6InCEPkts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InMsgs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InMsgs") == 0) Icmp6InMsgs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InErrors && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InErrors") == 0) Icmp6InErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutMsgs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutMsgs") == 0) Icmp6OutMsgs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutErrors && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutErrors") == 0) Icmp6OutErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InCsumErrors && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InCsumErrors") == 0) Icmp6InCsumErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InDestUnreachs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InDestUnreachs") == 0) Icmp6InDestUnreachs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InPktTooBigs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InPktTooBigs") == 0) Icmp6InPktTooBigs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InTimeExcds && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InTimeExcds") == 0) Icmp6InTimeExcds = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InParmProblems && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InParmProblems") == 0) Icmp6InParmProblems = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InEchos && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InEchos") == 0) Icmp6InEchos = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InEchoReplies && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InEchoReplies") == 0) Icmp6InEchoReplies = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InGroupMembQueries && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InGroupMembQueries") == 0) Icmp6InGroupMembQueries = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InGroupMembResponses && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InGroupMembResponses") == 0) Icmp6InGroupMembResponses = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InGroupMembReductions && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InGroupMembReductions") == 0) Icmp6InGroupMembReductions = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InRouterSolicits && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InRouterSolicits") == 0) Icmp6InRouterSolicits = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements") == 0) Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InNeighborSolicits && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InNeighborSolicits") == 0) Icmp6InNeighborSolicits = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements") == 0) Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InRedirects && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InRedirects") == 0) Icmp6InRedirects = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InMLDv2Reports && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InMLDv2Reports") == 0) Icmp6InMLDv2Reports = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutDestUnreachs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutDestUnreachs") == 0) Icmp6OutDestUnreachs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutPktTooBigs && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutPktTooBigs") == 0) Icmp6OutPktTooBigs = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutTimeExcds && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutTimeExcds") == 0) Icmp6OutTimeExcds = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutParmProblems && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutParmProblems") == 0) Icmp6OutParmProblems = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutEchos && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutEchos") == 0) Icmp6OutEchos = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutEchoReplies && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutEchoReplies") == 0) Icmp6OutEchoReplies = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries") == 0) Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses") == 0) Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions") == 0) Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutRouterSolicits && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutRouterSolicits") == 0) Icmp6OutRouterSolicits = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements") == 0) Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits") == 0) Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements") == 0) Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutRedirects && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutRedirects") == 0) Icmp6OutRedirects = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports") == 0) Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InType1 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InType1") == 0) Icmp6InType1 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InType128 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InType128") == 0) Icmp6InType128 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InType129 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InType129") == 0) Icmp6InType129 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6InType136 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6InType136") == 0) Icmp6InType136 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType1 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType1") == 0) Icmp6OutType1 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType128 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType128") == 0) Icmp6OutType128 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType129 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType129") == 0) Icmp6OutType129 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType133 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType133") == 0) Icmp6OutType133 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType135 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType135") == 0) Icmp6OutType135 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Icmp6OutType143 && strcmp(name, "Icmp6OutType143") == 0) Icmp6OutType143 = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6InDatagrams && strcmp(name, "Udp6InDatagrams") == 0) Udp6InDatagrams = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6NoPorts && strcmp(name, "Udp6NoPorts") == 0) Udp6NoPorts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6InErrors && strcmp(name, "Udp6InErrors") == 0) Udp6InErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6OutDatagrams && strcmp(name, "Udp6OutDatagrams") == 0) Udp6OutDatagrams = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6RcvbufErrors && strcmp(name, "Udp6RcvbufErrors") == 0) Udp6RcvbufErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6SndbufErrors && strcmp(name, "Udp6SndbufErrors") == 0) Udp6SndbufErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6InCsumErrors && strcmp(name, "Udp6InCsumErrors") == 0) Udp6InCsumErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_Udp6IgnoredMulti && strcmp(name, "Udp6IgnoredMulti") == 0) Udp6IgnoredMulti = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6InDatagrams && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6InDatagrams") == 0) UdpLite6InDatagrams = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6NoPorts && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6NoPorts") == 0) UdpLite6NoPorts = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6InErrors && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6InErrors") == 0) UdpLite6InErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6OutDatagrams && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6OutDatagrams") == 0) UdpLite6OutDatagrams = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6RcvbufErrors && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6RcvbufErrors") == 0) UdpLite6RcvbufErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6SndbufErrors && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6SndbufErrors") == 0) UdpLite6SndbufErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+		else if(hash == hash_UdpLite6InCsumErrors && strcmp(name, "UdpLite6InCsumErrors") == 0) UdpLite6InCsumErrors = strtoull(value, NULL, 10);
+	}
+
+	RRDSET *st;
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_bandwidth == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_bandwidth == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6InOctets || Ip6OutOctets))) {
+		do_bandwidth = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find("system.ipv6");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create("system", "ipv6", NULL, "network", NULL, "IPv6 Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Ip6OutOctets);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Ip6InOctets);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_ip_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_ip_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6InReceives || Ip6OutRequests || Ip6InDelivers || Ip6OutForwDatagrams))) {
+		do_ip_packets = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".packets");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "packets", NULL, "packets", NULL, "IPv6 Packets", "packets/s", 3000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "forwarded", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "delivers", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Ip6OutRequests);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Ip6InReceives);
+		rrddim_set(st, "forwarded", Ip6InDelivers);
+		rrddim_set(st, "delivers", Ip6OutForwDatagrams);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_ip_fragsout == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_ip_fragsout == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6FragOKs || Ip6FragFails || Ip6FragCreates))) {
+		do_ip_fragsout = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".fragsout");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "fragsout", NULL, "fragments", NULL, "IPv6 Fragments Sent", "packets/s", 3010, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "ok", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "failed", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "all", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "ok", Ip6FragOKs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "failed", Ip6FragFails);
+		rrddim_set(st, "all", Ip6FragCreates);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_ip_fragsin == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_ip_fragsin == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Ip6ReasmOKs
+			|| Ip6ReasmFails
+			|| Ip6ReasmTimeout
+			|| Ip6ReasmReqds
+			))) {
+		do_ip_fragsin = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".fragsin");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "fragsin", NULL, "fragments", NULL, "IPv6 Fragments Reassembly", "packets/s", 3011, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "ok", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "failed", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "timeout", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "all", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "ok", Ip6ReasmOKs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "failed", Ip6ReasmFails);
+		rrddim_set(st, "timeout", Ip6ReasmTimeout);
+		rrddim_set(st, "all", Ip6ReasmReqds);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_ip_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_ip_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Ip6InDiscards
+			|| Ip6OutDiscards
+			|| Ip6InHdrErrors
+			|| Ip6InAddrErrors
+			|| Ip6InUnknownProtos
+			|| Ip6InTooBigErrors
+			|| Ip6InTruncatedPkts
+			|| Ip6InNoRoutes
+		))) {
+		do_ip_errors = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".errors");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "errors", NULL, "errors", NULL, "IPv6 Errors", "packets/s", 3002, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InDiscards", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutDiscards", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InHdrErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InAddrErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InUnknownProtos", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InTooBigErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InTruncatedPkts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InNoRoutes", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutNoRoutes", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InDiscards", Ip6InDiscards);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutDiscards", Ip6OutDiscards);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InHdrErrors", Ip6InHdrErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InAddrErrors", Ip6InAddrErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InUnknownProtos", Ip6InUnknownProtos);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InTooBigErrors", Ip6InTooBigErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InTruncatedPkts", Ip6InTruncatedPkts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InNoRoutes", Ip6InNoRoutes);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutNoRoutes", Ip6OutNoRoutes);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_udp_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_udp_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Udp6InDatagrams || Udp6OutDatagrams))) {
+		do_udp_packets = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".udppackets");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "udppackets", NULL, "udp", NULL, "IPv6 UDP Packets", "packets/s", 3601, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Udp6InDatagrams);
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Udp6OutDatagrams);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_udp_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_udp_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Udp6InErrors
+			|| Udp6NoPorts
+			|| Udp6RcvbufErrors
+			|| Udp6SndbufErrors
+			|| Udp6InCsumErrors
+			|| Udp6IgnoredMulti
+		))) {
+		do_udp_errors = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".udperrors");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "udperrors", NULL, "udp", NULL, "IPv6 UDP Errors", "events/s", 3701, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "RcvbufErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "SndbufErrors", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "NoPorts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InCsumErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "IgnoredMulti", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InErrors", Udp6InErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "NoPorts", Udp6NoPorts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "RcvbufErrors", Udp6RcvbufErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "SndbufErrors", Udp6SndbufErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InCsumErrors", Udp6InCsumErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "IgnoredMulti", Udp6IgnoredMulti);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_udplite_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_udplite_packets == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (UdpLite6InDatagrams || UdpLite6OutDatagrams))) {
+		do_udplite_packets = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".udplitepackets");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "udplitepackets", NULL, "udplite", NULL, "IPv6 UDPlite Packets", "packets/s", 3601, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", UdpLite6InDatagrams);
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", UdpLite6OutDatagrams);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_udplite_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_udplite_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			UdpLite6InErrors
+			|| UdpLite6NoPorts
+			|| UdpLite6RcvbufErrors
+			|| UdpLite6SndbufErrors
+			|| Udp6InCsumErrors
+			|| UdpLite6InCsumErrors
+		))) {
+		do_udplite_errors = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".udpliteerrors");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "udpliteerrors", NULL, "udplite", NULL, "IPv6 UDP Lite Errors", "events/s", 3701, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "RcvbufErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "SndbufErrors", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "NoPorts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InCsumErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InErrors", UdpLite6InErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "NoPorts", UdpLite6NoPorts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "RcvbufErrors", UdpLite6RcvbufErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "SndbufErrors", UdpLite6SndbufErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InCsumErrors", UdpLite6InCsumErrors);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_mcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_mcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6OutMcastOctets || Ip6InMcastOctets))) {
+		do_mcast = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".mcast");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "mcast", NULL, "multicast", NULL, "IPv6 Multicast Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 9000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Ip6OutMcastOctets);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Ip6InMcastOctets);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_bcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_bcast == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6OutBcastOctets || Ip6InBcastOctets))) {
+		do_bcast = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".bcast");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "bcast", NULL, "broadcast", NULL, "IPv6 Broadcast Bandwidth", "kilobits/s", 8000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -8, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Ip6OutBcastOctets);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Ip6InBcastOctets);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_mcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_mcast_p == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Ip6OutMcastPkts || Ip6InMcastPkts))) {
+		do_mcast_p = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".mcastpkts");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "mcastpkts", NULL, "multicast", NULL, "IPv6 Multicast Packets", "packets/s", 9500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st->isdetail = 1;
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Ip6OutMcastPkts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Ip6InMcastPkts);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Icmp6InMsgs || Icmp6OutMsgs))) {
+		do_icmp = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmp");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmp", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Messages", "messages/s", 10000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Icmp6InMsgs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Icmp6OutMsgs);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_redir == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_redir == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Icmp6InRedirects || Icmp6OutRedirects))) {
+		do_icmp_redir = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmpredir");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmpredir", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Redirects", "redirects/s", 10050, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Icmp6InRedirects);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Icmp6OutRedirects);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_errors == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InErrors
+			|| Icmp6OutErrors
+			|| Icmp6InCsumErrors
+			|| Icmp6InDestUnreachs
+			|| Icmp6InPktTooBigs
+			|| Icmp6InTimeExcds
+			|| Icmp6InParmProblems
+			|| Icmp6OutDestUnreachs
+			|| Icmp6OutPktTooBigs
+			|| Icmp6OutTimeExcds
+			|| Icmp6OutParmProblems
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_errors = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmperrors");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmperrors", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Errors", "errors/s", 10100, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutErrors", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InCsumErrors", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InDestUnreachs", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InPktTooBigs", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InTimeExcds", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InParmProblems", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutDestUnreachs", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutPktTooBigs", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutTimeExcds", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutParmProblems", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InErrors", Icmp6InErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutErrors", Icmp6OutErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InCsumErrors", Icmp6InCsumErrors);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InDestUnreachs", Icmp6InDestUnreachs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InPktTooBigs", Icmp6InPktTooBigs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InTimeExcds", Icmp6InTimeExcds);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InParmProblems", Icmp6InParmProblems);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutDestUnreachs", Icmp6OutDestUnreachs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutPktTooBigs", Icmp6OutPktTooBigs);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutTimeExcds", Icmp6OutTimeExcds);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutParmProblems", Icmp6OutParmProblems);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_echos == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_echos == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InEchos
+			|| Icmp6OutEchos
+			|| Icmp6InEchoReplies
+			|| Icmp6OutEchoReplies
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_echos = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmpechos");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmpechos", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Echo", "messages/s", 10200, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InEchos", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutEchos", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InEchoReplies", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutEchoReplies", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InEchos", Icmp6InEchos);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutEchos", Icmp6OutEchos);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InEchoReplies", Icmp6InEchoReplies);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutEchoReplies", Icmp6OutEchoReplies);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_groupmemb == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_groupmemb == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InGroupMembQueries
+			|| Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries
+			|| Icmp6InGroupMembResponses
+			|| Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses
+			|| Icmp6InGroupMembReductions
+			|| Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_groupmemb = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".groupmemb");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "groupmemb", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Group Membership", "messages/s", 10300, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InQueries", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutQueries", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InResponses", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutResponses", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InReductions", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutReductions", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InQueries", Icmp6InGroupMembQueries);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutQueries", Icmp6OutGroupMembQueries);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InResponses", Icmp6InGroupMembResponses);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutResponses", Icmp6OutGroupMembResponses);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InReductions", Icmp6InGroupMembReductions);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutReductions", Icmp6OutGroupMembReductions);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_router == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_router == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InRouterSolicits
+			|| Icmp6OutRouterSolicits
+			|| Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements
+			|| Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_router = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmprouter");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmprouter", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 Router Messages", "messages/s", 10400, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InSolicits", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutSolicits", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InAdvertisements", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutAdvertisements", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InSolicits", Icmp6InRouterSolicits);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutSolicits", Icmp6OutRouterSolicits);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InAdvertisements", Icmp6InRouterAdvertisements);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutAdvertisements", Icmp6OutRouterAdvertisements);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_neighbor == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_neighbor == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InNeighborSolicits
+			|| Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits
+			|| Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements
+			|| Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_neighbor = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmpneighbor");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmpneighbor", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 Neighbor Messages", "messages/s", 10500, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InSolicits", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutSolicits", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InAdvertisements", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutAdvertisements", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InSolicits", Icmp6InNeighborSolicits);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutSolicits", Icmp6OutNeighborSolicits);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InAdvertisements", Icmp6InNeighborAdvertisements);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutAdvertisements", Icmp6OutNeighborAdvertisements);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_mldv2 == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_mldv2 == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && (Icmp6InMLDv2Reports || Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports))) {
+		do_icmp_mldv2 = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmpmldv2");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmpmldv2", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP MLDv2 Reports", "reports/s", 10600, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "sent", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "sent", Icmp6InMLDv2Reports);
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", Icmp6OutMLDv2Reports);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_icmp_types == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_icmp_types == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Icmp6InType1
+			|| Icmp6InType128
+			|| Icmp6InType129
+			|| Icmp6InType136
+			|| Icmp6OutType1
+			|| Icmp6OutType128
+			|| Icmp6OutType129
+			|| Icmp6OutType133
+			|| Icmp6OutType135
+			|| Icmp6OutType143
+		))) {
+		do_icmp_types = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".icmptypes");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "icmptypes", NULL, "icmp", NULL, "IPv6 ICMP Types", "messages/s", 10700, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InType1", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InType128", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InType129", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InType136", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType1", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType128", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType129", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType133", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType135", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "OutType143", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InType1", Icmp6InType1);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InType128", Icmp6InType128);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InType129", Icmp6InType129);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InType136", Icmp6InType136);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType1", Icmp6OutType1);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType128", Icmp6OutType128);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType129", Icmp6OutType129);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType133", Icmp6OutType133);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType135", Icmp6OutType135);
+		rrddim_set(st, "OutType143", Icmp6OutType143);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if(do_ect == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES || (do_ect == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND
+		&& (
+			Ip6InNoECTPkts
+			|| Ip6InECT1Pkts
+			|| Ip6InECT0Pkts
+			|| Ip6InCEPkts
+		))) {
+		do_ect = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6 ".ect");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_SNMP6, "ect", NULL, "packets", NULL, "IPv6 ECT Packets", "packets/s", 10800, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "InNoECTPkts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InECT1Pkts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InECT0Pkts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "InCEPkts", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "InNoECTPkts", Ip6InNoECTPkts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InECT1Pkts", Ip6InECT1Pkts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InECT0Pkts", Ip6InECT0Pkts);
+		rrddim_set(st, "InCEPkts", Ip6InCEPkts);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/proc_net_stat_conntrack.c b/src/proc_net_stat_conntrack.c
index 912c3eef0..f7e5c45b2 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_net_stat_conntrack.c
+++ b/src/proc_net_stat_conntrack.c
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 #include "rrd.h"
 #include "plugin_proc.h"
 
-#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK 	"netfilter"
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER		"netfilter"
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK 	"conntrack"
 #define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK_LEN	strlen(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK)
 
 int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_sockets) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".sockets");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_sockets");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "sockets", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter Connections", "active connections", 1000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_sockets", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker Connections", "active connections", 1000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "connections", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
 		}
@@ -112,9 +113,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_new) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".new");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_new");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "new", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter New Connections", "connections/s", 1001, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_new", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker New Connections", "connections/s", 1001, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "new", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
 			rrddim_add(st, "ignore", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -131,9 +132,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_changes) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".changes");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_changes");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "changes", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter Connection Changes", "changes/s", 1002, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_changes", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker Changes", "changes/s", 1002, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 			st->isdetail = 1;
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "inserted", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -151,9 +152,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_expect) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".expect");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_expect");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "expect", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter Connection Expectations", "expectations/s", 1003, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_expect", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker Expectations", "expectations/s", 1003, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 			st->isdetail = 1;
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "created", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -171,9 +172,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_search) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".search");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_search");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "search", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter Connection Searches", "searches/s", 1010, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_search", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker Searches", "searches/s", 1010, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 			st->isdetail = 1;
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "searched", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -191,9 +192,9 @@ int do_proc_net_stat_conntrack(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	if(do_errors) {
-		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK ".errors");
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_errors");
 		if(!st) {
-			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, "errors", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Netfilter Errors", "events/s", 1005, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK "_errors", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_CONNTRACK, NULL, "Connection Tracker Errors", "events/s", 1005, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 			st->isdetail = 1;
 
 			rrddim_add(st, "icmp_error", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
diff --git a/src/proc_net_stat_synproxy.c b/src/proc_net_stat_synproxy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62296d78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proc_net_stat_synproxy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "appconfig.h"
+#include "procfile.h"
+#include "rrd.h"
+#include "plugin_proc.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER			"netfilter"
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY 			"synproxy"
+#define RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY_LEN		strlen(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY)
+
+int do_proc_net_stat_synproxy(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
+	static int do_entries = -1, do_cookies = -1, do_syns = -1, do_reopened = -1;
+	static procfile *ff = NULL;
+
+	if(do_entries == -1)	do_entries 	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/stat/synproxy", "SYNPROXY entries", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_cookies == -1)	do_cookies 	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/stat/synproxy", "SYNPROXY cookies", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_syns == -1)		do_syns 	= config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/stat/synproxy", "SYNPROXY SYN received", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+	if(do_reopened == -1)	do_reopened = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:proc:/proc/net/stat/synproxy", "SYNPROXY connections reopened", CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND);
+
+	if(dt) {};
+
+	if(!ff) {
+		char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+		snprintf(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, "/proc/net/stat/synproxy");
+		ff = procfile_open(config_get("plugin:proc:/proc/net/stat/synproxy", "filename to monitor", filename), " \t,:|", PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+	}
+	if(!ff) return 1;
+
+	ff = procfile_readall(ff);
+	if(!ff) return 0; // we return 0, so that we will retry to open it next time
+
+	// make sure we have 3 lines
+	unsigned long lines = procfile_lines(ff), l;
+	if(lines < 2) {
+		error("/proc/net/stat/synproxy has %d lines, expected no less than 2. Disabling it.", lines);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	unsigned long long entries = 0, syn_received = 0, cookie_invalid = 0, cookie_valid = 0, cookie_retrans = 0, conn_reopened = 0;
+
+	// synproxy gives its values per CPU
+	for(l = 1; l < lines ;l++) {
+		int words = procfile_linewords(ff, l);
+		if(words < 6) continue;
+
+		entries 		+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 0), NULL, 16);
+		syn_received 	+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 1), NULL, 16);
+		cookie_invalid 	+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 2), NULL, 16);
+		cookie_valid 	+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 3), NULL, 16);
+		cookie_retrans 	+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 4), NULL, 16);
+		conn_reopened 	+= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 5), NULL, 16);
+	}
+
+	unsigned long long events = entries + syn_received + cookie_invalid + cookie_valid + cookie_retrans + conn_reopened;
+
+	RRDSET *st;
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if((do_entries == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && events) || do_entries == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES) {
+		do_entries = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_entries");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_entries", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY, NULL, "SYNPROXY Entries Used", "entries", 1004, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "entries", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "entries", entries);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if((do_syns == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && events) || do_syns == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES) {
+		do_syns = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_syn_received");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_syn_received", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY, NULL, "SYNPROXY SYN Packets received", "SYN/s", 1001, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "received", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "received", syn_received);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if((do_reopened == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && events) || do_reopened == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES) {
+		do_reopened = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_conn_reopened");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_conn_reopened", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY, NULL, "SYNPROXY Connections Reopened", "connections/s", 1003, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "reopened", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "reopened", conn_reopened);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	if((do_cookies == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND && events) || do_cookies == CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES) {
+		do_cookies = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_YES;
+
+		st = rrdset_find(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER "." RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_cookies");
+		if(!st) {
+			st = rrdset_create(RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_NETFILTER, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY "_cookies", NULL, RRD_TYPE_NET_STAT_SYNPROXY, NULL, "SYNPROXY TCP Cookies", "cookies/s", 1002, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+
+			rrddim_add(st, "valid", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "invalid", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+			rrddim_add(st, "retransmits", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+		}
+		else rrdset_next(st);
+
+		rrddim_set(st, "valid", cookie_valid);
+		rrddim_set(st, "invalid", cookie_invalid);
+		rrddim_set(st, "retransmits", cookie_retrans);
+		rrdset_done(st);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/proc_softirqs.c b/src/proc_softirqs.c
index 9373baaec..c3a75f600 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_softirqs.c
+++ b/src/proc_softirqs.c
@@ -25,10 +25,28 @@ struct interrupt {
 	unsigned long long total;
 };
 
+static struct interrupt *alloc_interrupts(int lines) {
+	static struct interrupt *irrs = NULL;
+	static int alloced = 0;
+
+	if(lines < alloced) return irrs;
+	else {
+		irrs = (struct interrupt *)realloc(irrs, lines * sizeof(struct interrupt));
+		if(!irrs)
+			fatal("Cannot allocate memory for %d interrupts", lines);
+
+		alloced = lines;
+	}
+
+	return irrs;
+}
+
 int do_proc_softirqs(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	static procfile *ff = NULL;
 	static int cpus = -1, do_per_core = -1;
 
+	struct interrupt *irrs = NULL;
+
 	if(dt) {};
 
 	if(do_per_core == -1) do_per_core = config_get_boolean("plugin:proc:/proc/softirqs", "interrupts per core", 1);
@@ -46,6 +64,11 @@ int do_proc_softirqs(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	uint32_t lines = procfile_lines(ff), l;
 	uint32_t words = procfile_linewords(ff, 0), w;
 
+	if(!lines) {
+		error("Cannot read /proc/softirqs, zero lines reported.");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	// find how many CPUs are there
 	if(cpus == -1) {
 		cpus = 0;
@@ -63,7 +86,7 @@ int do_proc_softirqs(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	}
 
 	// allocate the size we need;
-	struct interrupt irrs[lines];
+	irrs = alloc_interrupts(lines);
 	irrs[0].used = 0;
 
 	// loop through all lines
diff --git a/src/proc_stat.c b/src/proc_stat.c
index 3d090ed71..47f994b52 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_stat.c
+++ b/src/proc_stat.c
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ int do_proc_stat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	for(l = 0; l < lines ;l++) {
 		if(strncmp(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 0), "cpu", 3) == 0) {
 			words = procfile_linewords(ff, l);
-			if(words < 10) {
-				error("Cannot read /proc/stat cpu line. Expected 10 params, read %d.", words);
+			if(words < 9) {
+				error("Cannot read /proc/stat cpu line. Expected 9 params, read %d.", words);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int do_proc_stat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 			irq			= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 6), NULL, 10);
 			softirq		= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 7), NULL, 10);
 			steal		= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 8), NULL, 10);
-			guest		= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 9), NULL, 10);
+			if(words >= 10) guest		= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 9), NULL, 10);
 			if(words >= 11) guest_nice	= strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, l, 10), NULL, 10);
 
 			char *title = "Core utilization";
diff --git a/src/proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c b/src/proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c
index be9070aca..be9070aca 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c
+++ b/src/proc_sys_kernel_random_entropy_avail.c
diff --git a/src/proc_vmstat.c b/src/proc_vmstat.c
index 46ddbae7f..c8222390c 100755..100644
--- a/src/proc_vmstat.c
+++ b/src/proc_vmstat.c
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 #include "rrd.h"
 #include "plugin_proc.h"
 
-#define MAX_PROC_VMSTAT_LINE 4096
-#define MAX_PROC_VMSTAT_NAME 1024
-
 int do_proc_vmstat(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
 	static procfile *ff = NULL;
 	static int do_swapio = -1, do_io = -1, do_pgfaults = -1, gen_hashes = -1;
diff --git a/src/procfile.c b/src/procfile.c
index 7a4857959..1fc33ef5f 100755..100644
--- a/src/procfile.c
+++ b/src/procfile.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "procfile.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 #define PF_PREFIX "PROCFILE"
 
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ void pflines_free(pflines *fl) {
 #define PF_CHAR_IS_SEPARATOR	' '
 #define PF_CHAR_IS_NEWLINE		'N'
 #define PF_CHAR_IS_WORD			'W'
+#define PF_CHAR_IS_QUOTE        'Q'
+#define PF_CHAR_IS_OPEN         'O'
+#define PF_CHAR_IS_CLOSE        'C'
 
 void procfile_close(procfile *ff) {
 	debug(D_PROCFILE, PF_PREFIX ": Closing file '%s'", ff->filename);
@@ -156,17 +160,82 @@ void procfile_close(procfile *ff) {
 procfile *procfile_parser(procfile *ff) {
 	debug(D_PROCFILE, PF_PREFIX ": Parsing file '%s'", ff->filename);
 
-	char *s = ff->data, *e = ff->data, *t = ff->data;
+	char *s = ff->data, *e = &ff->data[ff->len], *t = ff->data, quote = 0;
 	uint32_t l = 0, w = 0;
-	e += ff->len;
+	int opened = 0;
 
 	ff->lines = pflines_add(ff->lines, w);
 	if(unlikely(!ff->lines)) goto cleanup;
 
 	while(likely(s < e)) {
+		// we are not at the end
+
 		switch(ff->separators[(int)(*s)]) {
+			case PF_CHAR_IS_OPEN:
+				if(s == t) {
+					opened++;
+					t = ++s;
+				}
+				else if(opened) {
+					opened++;
+					s++;
+				}
+				else
+					s++;
+				continue;
+
+			case PF_CHAR_IS_CLOSE:
+				if(opened) {
+					opened--;
+
+					if(!opened) {
+						*s = '\0';
+						ff->words = pfwords_add(ff->words, t);
+						if(unlikely(!ff->words)) goto cleanup;
+
+						ff->lines->lines[l].words++;
+						w++;
+
+						t = ++s;
+					}
+					else
+						s++;
+				}
+				else
+					s++;
+				continue;
+
+			case PF_CHAR_IS_QUOTE:
+				if(unlikely(!quote && s == t)) {
+					// quote opened at the beginning
+					quote = *s;
+					t = ++s;
+				}
+				else if(unlikely(quote && quote == *s)) {
+					// quote closed
+					quote = 0;
+
+					*s = '\0';
+					ff->words = pfwords_add(ff->words, t);
+					if(unlikely(!ff->words)) goto cleanup;
+
+					ff->lines->lines[l].words++;
+					w++;
+
+					t = ++s;
+				}
+				else
+					s++;
+				continue;
+
 			case PF_CHAR_IS_SEPARATOR:
-				if(likely(s == t)) {
+				if(unlikely(quote || opened)) {
+					// we are inside a quote
+					s++;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				if(unlikely(s == t)) {
 					// skip all leading white spaces
 					t = ++s;
 					continue;
@@ -209,9 +278,10 @@ procfile *procfile_parser(procfile *ff) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(likely(s != t)) {
+	if(likely(s > t && t < e)) {
 		// the last word
-		if(likely(ff->len < ff->size)) *s = '\0';
+		if(likely(ff->len < ff->size))
+			*s = '\0';
 		else {
 			// we are going to loose the last byte
 			ff->data[ff->size - 1] = '\0';
@@ -309,10 +379,53 @@ static void procfile_set_separators(procfile *ff, const char *separators) {
 	while(likely(ffd != ffe)) *ffs++ = *ffd++;
 
 	// set the separators
-	if(unlikely(!separators)) separators = " \t=|";
+	if(unlikely(!separators))
+		separators = " \t=|";
+
 	ffs = ff->separators;
 	const char *s = separators;
-	while(likely(*s)) ffs[(int)*s++] = PF_CHAR_IS_SEPARATOR;
+	while(likely(*s))
+		ffs[(int)*s++] = PF_CHAR_IS_SEPARATOR;
+}
+
+void procfile_set_quotes(procfile *ff, const char *quotes) {
+	// remove all quotes
+	int i;
+	for(i = 0; i < 256 ; i++)
+		if(ff->separators[i] == PF_CHAR_IS_QUOTE)
+			ff->separators[i] = PF_CHAR_IS_WORD;
+
+	// if nothing given, return
+	if(unlikely(!quotes || !*quotes))
+		return;
+
+	// set the quotes
+	char *ffs = ff->separators;
+	const char *s = quotes;
+	while(likely(*s))
+		ffs[(int)*s++] = PF_CHAR_IS_QUOTE;
+}
+
+void procfile_set_open_close(procfile *ff, const char *open, const char *close) {
+	// remove all open/close
+	int i;
+	for(i = 0; i < 256 ; i++)
+		if(ff->separators[i] == PF_CHAR_IS_OPEN || ff->separators[i] == PF_CHAR_IS_CLOSE)
+			ff->separators[i] = PF_CHAR_IS_WORD;
+
+	// if nothing given, return
+	if(unlikely(!open || !*open || !close || !*close))
+		return;
+
+	// set the openings
+	char *ffs = ff->separators;
+	const char *s = open;
+	while(likely(*s))
+		ffs[(int)*s++] = PF_CHAR_IS_OPEN;
+
+	s = close;
+	while(likely(*s))
+		ffs[(int)*s++] = PF_CHAR_IS_CLOSE;
 }
 
 procfile *procfile_open(const char *filename, const char *separators, uint32_t flags) {
diff --git a/src/procfile.h b/src/procfile.h
index ce2f9bc92..122e153f1 100755..100644
--- a/src/procfile.h
+++ b/src/procfile.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ extern procfile *procfile_reopen(procfile *ff, const char *filename, const char
 // example walk-through a procfile parsed file
 extern void procfile_print(procfile *ff);
 
+extern void procfile_set_quotes(procfile *ff, const char *quotes);
+extern void procfile_set_open_close(procfile *ff, const char *open, const char *close);
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // set this to 1, to have procfile adapt its initial buffer allocation to the max allocation used so far
diff --git a/src/rrd.c b/src/rrd.c
index 2dce02e66..86ff39687 100755..100644
--- a/src/rrd.c
+++ b/src/rrd.c
@@ -682,6 +682,9 @@ void rrdset_save_all(void)
 {
 	debug(D_RRD_CALLS, "rrdset_save_all()");
 
+	// let it log a few error messages
+	error_log_limit_reset();
+
 	RRDSET *st;
 	RRDDIM *rd;
 
diff --git a/src/rrd.h b/src/rrd.h
index 4211b7d56..4211b7d56 100755..100644
--- a/src/rrd.h
+++ b/src/rrd.h
diff --git a/src/rrd2json.c b/src/rrd2json.c
index ad453cb68..88a750443 100755..100644
--- a/src/rrd2json.c
+++ b/src/rrd2json.c
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ static void rrdr2csv(RRDR *r, BUFFER *wb, uint32_t options, const char *startlin
 			// generate the local date time
 			struct tm tmbuf, *tm = localtime_r(&now, &tmbuf);
 			if(!tm) { error("localtime() failed."); continue; }
-			buffer_date(wb, tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
+			buffer_date(wb, tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
 		}
 
 		if(unlikely(options & RRDR_OPTION_PERCENTAGE)) {
diff --git a/src/rrd2json.h b/src/rrd2json.h
index d1f850d4a..d1f850d4a 100755..100644
--- a/src/rrd2json.h
+++ b/src/rrd2json.h
diff --git a/src/storage_number.c b/src/storage_number.c
index 225cf0348..225cf0348 100755..100644
--- a/src/storage_number.c
+++ b/src/storage_number.c
diff --git a/src/storage_number.h b/src/storage_number.h
index f35e99ddd..f35e99ddd 100755..100644
--- a/src/storage_number.h
+++ b/src/storage_number.h
diff --git a/src/sys_kernel_mm_ksm.c b/src/sys_kernel_mm_ksm.c
index 822e0d41a..822e0d41a 100755..100644
--- a/src/sys_kernel_mm_ksm.c
+++ b/src/sys_kernel_mm_ksm.c
diff --git a/src/unit_test.c b/src/unit_test.c
index 47aa5396c..47aa5396c 100755..100644
--- a/src/unit_test.c
+++ b/src/unit_test.c
diff --git a/src/unit_test.h b/src/unit_test.h
index 916ad71f2..916ad71f2 100755..100644
--- a/src/unit_test.h
+++ b/src/unit_test.h
diff --git a/src/url.c b/src/url.c
index c4933b205..edf52be7c 100755..100644
--- a/src/url.c
+++ b/src/url.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ char *url_encode(char *str) {
 		*buf = malloc(strlen(str) * 3 + 1),
 		*pbuf = buf;
 
+	if(!buf)
+		fatal("Cannot allocate memory.");
+
 	while (*pstr) {
 		if (isalnum(*pstr) || *pstr == '-' || *pstr == '_' || *pstr == '.' || *pstr == '~')
 			*pbuf++ = *pstr;
@@ -56,7 +59,8 @@ char *url_decode(char *str) {
 		*buf = malloc(strlen(str) + 1),
 		*pbuf = buf;
 
-	if(!buf) fatal("Cannot allocate memory.");
+	if(!buf)
+		fatal("Cannot allocate memory.");
 
 	while (*pstr) {
 		if (*pstr == '%') {
diff --git a/src/url.h b/src/url.h
index f79a20ea0..f79a20ea0 100755..100644
--- a/src/url.h
+++ b/src/url.h
diff --git a/src/web_buffer.c b/src/web_buffer.c
index 482eb3900..482eb3900 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_buffer.c
+++ b/src/web_buffer.c
diff --git a/src/web_buffer.h b/src/web_buffer.h
index 58dd9c094..58dd9c094 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_buffer.h
+++ b/src/web_buffer.h
diff --git a/src/web_client.c b/src/web_client.c
index 127333554..6500a59b2 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_client.c
+++ b/src/web_client.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@
 #include "rrd2json.h"
 
 #include "web_client.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 #define INITIAL_WEB_DATA_LENGTH 16384
 #define WEB_REQUEST_LENGTH 16384
+#define TOO_BIG_REQUEST 16384
 
 int web_client_timeout = DEFAULT_DISCONNECT_IDLE_WEB_CLIENTS_AFTER_SECONDS;
 int web_enable_gzip = 1;
@@ -230,10 +233,13 @@ uid_t web_files_uid(void)
 	static uid_t owner_uid = 0;
 
 	if(unlikely(!web_owner)) {
-		web_owner = config_get("global", "web files owner", NETDATA_USER);
+		web_owner = config_get("global", "web files owner", config_get("global", "run as user", ""));
 		if(!web_owner || !*web_owner)
 			owner_uid = geteuid();
 		else {
+			// getpwnam() is not thread safe,
+			// but we have called this function once
+			// while single threaded
 			struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(web_owner);
 			if(!pw) {
 				error("User %s is not present. Ignoring option.", web_owner);
@@ -249,6 +255,34 @@ uid_t web_files_uid(void)
 	return(owner_uid);
 }
 
+gid_t web_files_gid(void)
+{
+	static char *web_group = NULL;
+	static gid_t owner_gid = 0;
+
+	if(unlikely(!web_group)) {
+		web_group = config_get("global", "web files group", config_get("global", "web files owner", ""));
+		if(!web_group || !*web_group)
+			owner_gid = getegid();
+		else {
+			// getgrnam() is not thread safe,
+			// but we have called this function once
+			// while single threaded
+			struct group *gr = getgrnam(web_group);
+			if(!gr) {
+				error("Group %s is not present. Ignoring option.", web_group);
+				owner_gid = getegid();
+			}
+			else {
+				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "Web files group set to %s.\n", web_group);
+				owner_gid = gr->gr_gid;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return(owner_gid);
+}
+
 int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename)
 {
 	static char *web_dir = NULL;
@@ -268,7 +302,7 @@ int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename)
 	for(s = filename; *s ;s++) {
 		if( !isalnum(*s) && *s != '/' && *s != '.' && *s != '-' && *s != '_') {
 			debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: File '%s' is not acceptable.", w->id, filename);
-			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "File '%s' cannot be served. Filename contains invalid character '%c'", *s);
+			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "File '%s' cannot be served. Filename contains invalid character '%c'", filename, *s);
 			return 400;
 		}
 	}
@@ -288,14 +322,21 @@ int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename)
 	struct stat stat;
 	if(lstat(webfilename, &stat) != 0) {
 		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: File '%s' is not found.", w->id, webfilename);
-		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "File '%s' does not exist, or is not accessible.", filename);
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "File '%s' does not exist, or is not accessible.", webfilename);
 		return 404;
 	}
 
-	// check if the file is owned by us
+	// check if the file is owned by expected user
 	if(stat.st_uid != web_files_uid()) {
-		error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by user %d (I run as user %d). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, stat.st_uid, getuid());
-		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", filename);
+		error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by user %d (expected user %d). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, stat.st_uid, web_files_uid());
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", webfilename);
+		return 403;
+	}
+
+	// check if the file is owned by expected group
+	if(stat.st_gid != web_files_gid()) {
+		error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by group %d (expected group %d). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, stat.st_gid, web_files_gid());
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", webfilename);
 		return 403;
 	}
 
@@ -306,7 +347,7 @@ int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename)
 
 	if((stat.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG) {
 		error("%llu: File '%s' is not a regular file. Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename);
-		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", filename);
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", webfilename);
 		return 403;
 	}
 
@@ -318,12 +359,12 @@ int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename)
 		if(errno == EBUSY || errno == EAGAIN) {
 			error("%llu: File '%s' is busy, sending 307 Moved Temporarily to force retry.", w->id, webfilename);
 			buffer_sprintf(w->response.header, "Location: /" WEB_PATH_FILE "/%s\r\n", filename);
-			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "The file '%s' is currently busy. Please try again later.", filename);
+			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "The file '%s' is currently busy. Please try again later.", webfilename);
 			return 307;
 		}
 		else {
 			error("%llu: Cannot open file '%s'.", w->id, webfilename);
-			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Cannot open file '%s'.", filename);
+			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Cannot open file '%s'.", webfilename);
 			return 404;
 		}
 	}
@@ -747,36 +788,53 @@ int web_client_api_request_v1(struct web_client *w, char *url)
 {
 	// get the command
 	char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
-	debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for API v1 command '%s'.", w->id, tok);
-
-	if(strcmp(tok, "data") == 0)
-		return web_client_api_request_v1_data(w, url);
-	else if(strcmp(tok, "chart") == 0)
-		return web_client_api_request_v1_chart(w, url);
-	else if(strcmp(tok, "charts") == 0)
-		return web_client_api_request_v1_charts(w, url);
-
-	buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-	buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Unsupported v1 API command: %s", tok);
-	return 404;
+	if(tok && *tok) {
+		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for API v1 command '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+		if(strcmp(tok, "data") == 0)
+			return web_client_api_request_v1_data(w, url);
+		else if(strcmp(tok, "chart") == 0)
+			return web_client_api_request_v1_chart(w, url);
+		else if(strcmp(tok, "charts") == 0)
+			return web_client_api_request_v1_charts(w, url);
+		else {
+			buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Unsupported v1 API command: %s", tok);
+			return 404;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "API v1 command?");
+		return 400;
+	}
 }
 
 int web_client_api_request(struct web_client *w, char *url)
 {
 	// get the api version
 	char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
-	debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for API version '%s'.", w->id, tok);
-
-	if(strcmp(tok, "v1") == 0)
-		return web_client_api_request_v1(w, url);
-
-	buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-	buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Unsupported API version: %s", tok);
-	return 404;
+	if(tok && *tok) {
+		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for API version '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+		if(strcmp(tok, "v1") == 0)
+			return web_client_api_request_v1(w, url);
+		else {
+			buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+			buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Unsupported API version: %s", tok);
+			return 404;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Which API version?");
+		return 400;
+	}
 }
 
 int web_client_data_request(struct web_client *w, char *url, int datasource_type)
 {
+	RRDSET *st = NULL;
+
 	char *args = strchr(url, '?');
 	if(args) {
 		*args='\0';
@@ -785,11 +843,14 @@ int web_client_data_request(struct web_client *w, char *url, int datasource_type
 
 	// get the name of the data to show
 	char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-	debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
 
 	// do we have such a data set?
-	RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
-	if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
+	if(tok && *tok) {
+		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+		st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
+		if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
+	}
+
 	if(!st) {
 		// we don't have it
 		// try to send a file with that name
@@ -816,34 +877,36 @@ int web_client_data_request(struct web_client *w, char *url, int datasource_type
 	if(url) {
 		// parse the group count required
 		tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-		if(tok) group_count = atoi(tok);
+		if(tok && *tok) group_count = atoi(tok);
 		if(group_count < 1) group_count = 1;
 		//if(group_count > save_history / 20) group_count = save_history / 20;
 	}
 	if(url) {
 		// parse the grouping method required
 		tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-		if(strcmp(tok, "max") == 0) group_method = GROUP_MAX;
-		else if(strcmp(tok, "average") == 0) group_method = GROUP_AVERAGE;
-		else if(strcmp(tok, "sum") == 0) group_method = GROUP_SUM;
-		else debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Unknown group method '%s'", w->id, tok);
+		if(tok && *tok) {
+			if(strcmp(tok, "max") == 0) group_method = GROUP_MAX;
+			else if(strcmp(tok, "average") == 0) group_method = GROUP_AVERAGE;
+			else if(strcmp(tok, "sum") == 0) group_method = GROUP_SUM;
+			else debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Unknown group method '%s'", w->id, tok);
+		}
 	}
 	if(url) {
 		// parse after time
 		tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-		if(tok) after = strtoul(tok, NULL, 10);
+		if(tok && *tok) after = strtoul(tok, NULL, 10);
 		if(after < 0) after = 0;
 	}
 	if(url) {
 		// parse before time
 		tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-		if(tok) before = strtoul(tok, NULL, 10);
+		if(tok && *tok) before = strtoul(tok, NULL, 10);
 		if(before < 0) before = 0;
 	}
 	if(url) {
 		// parse nonzero
 		tok = mystrsep(&url, "/");
-		if(tok && strcmp(tok, "nonzero") == 0) nonzero = 1;
+		if(tok && *tok && strcmp(tok, "nonzero") == 0) nonzero = 1;
 	}
 
 	w->response.data->contenttype = CT_APPLICATION_JSON;
@@ -862,9 +925,9 @@ int web_client_data_request(struct web_client *w, char *url, int datasource_type
 
 		while(args) {
 			tok = mystrsep(&args, "&");
-			if(tok) {
+			if(tok && *tok) {
 				char *name = mystrsep(&tok, "=");
-				if(name && strcmp(name, "tqx") == 0) {
+				if(name && *name && strcmp(name, "tqx") == 0) {
 					char *key = mystrsep(&tok, ":");
 					char *value = mystrsep(&tok, ";");
 					if(key && value && *key && *value) {
@@ -1056,118 +1119,142 @@ void web_client_process(struct web_client *w) {
 			w->last_url[URL_MAX] = '\0';
 
 			tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?");
+			if(tok && *tok) {
+				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Processing command '%s'.", w->id, tok);
 
-			debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Processing command '%s'.", w->id, tok);
-
-			if(strcmp(tok, "api") == 0) {
-				// the client is requesting api access
-				datasource_type = DATASOURCE_JSON;
-				code = web_client_api_request(w, url);
-			}
-#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "exit") == 0) {
-				netdata_exit = 1;
-				code = 200;
-				w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
-				buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-				buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "will do");
-			}
-#endif
-			else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_DATA) == 0) { // "data"
-				// the client is requesting rrd data
-				datasource_type = DATASOURCE_JSON;
-				code = web_client_data_request(w, url, datasource_type);
-			}
-			else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_DATASOURCE) == 0) { // "datasource"
-				// the client is requesting google datasource
-				code = web_client_data_request(w, url, datasource_type);
-			}
-			else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_GRAPH) == 0) { // "graph"
-				// the client is requesting an rrd graph
-
-				// get the name of the data to show
-				tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
-
-				// do we have such a data set?
-				RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
-				if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
-				if(!st) {
-					// we don't have it
-					// try to send a file with that name
-					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-					code = mysendfile(w, tok);
+				if(strcmp(tok, "api") == 0) {
+					// the client is requesting api access
+					datasource_type = DATASOURCE_JSON;
+					code = web_client_api_request(w, url);
 				}
-				else {
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "exit") == 0) {
+					netdata_exit = 1;
 					code = 200;
-					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending %s.json of RRD_STATS...", w->id, st->name);
-					w->response.data->contenttype = CT_APPLICATION_JSON;
+					w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
 					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-					rrd_stats_graph_json(st, url, w->response.data);
+					buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "will do");
+				}
+#endif
+				else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_DATA) == 0) { // "data"
+					// the client is requesting rrd data
+					datasource_type = DATASOURCE_JSON;
+					code = web_client_data_request(w, url, datasource_type);
+				}
+				else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_DATASOURCE) == 0) { // "datasource"
+					// the client is requesting google datasource
+					code = web_client_data_request(w, url, datasource_type);
+				}
+				else if(strcmp(tok, WEB_PATH_GRAPH) == 0) { // "graph"
+					// the client is requesting an rrd graph
+
+					// get the name of the data to show
+					tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
+					if(tok && *tok) {
+						debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+						// do we have such a data set?
+						RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
+						if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
+						if(!st) {
+							// we don't have it
+							// try to send a file with that name
+							buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+							code = mysendfile(w, tok);
+						}
+						else {
+							code = 200;
+							debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending %s.json of RRD_STATS...", w->id, st->name);
+							w->response.data->contenttype = CT_APPLICATION_JSON;
+							buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+							rrd_stats_graph_json(st, url, w->response.data);
+						}
+					}
+					else {
+						code = 400;
+						buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+						buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Graph name?\r\n");
+					}
 				}
-			}
 #ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "debug") == 0) {
-				buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "debug") == 0) {
+					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
 
-				// get the name of the data to show
-				tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
-
-				// do we have such a data set?
-				RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
-				if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
-				if(!st) {
-					code = 404;
-					buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Chart %s is not found.\r\n", tok);
-					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: %s is not found.", w->id, tok);
+					// get the name of the data to show
+					tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
+					if(tok && *tok) {
+						debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+						// do we have such a data set?
+						RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(tok);
+						if(!st) st = rrdset_find(tok);
+						if(!st) {
+							code = 404;
+							buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Chart %s is not found.\r\n", tok);
+							debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: %s is not found.", w->id, tok);
+						}
+						else {
+							code = 200;
+							debug_flags |= D_RRD_STATS;
+							st->debug = st->debug?0:1;
+							buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Chart %s has now debug %s.\r\n", tok, st->debug?"enabled":"disabled");
+							debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: debug for %s is %s.", w->id, tok, st->debug?"enabled":"disabled");
+						}
+					}
+					else {
+						code = 500;
+						buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+						buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "debug which chart?\r\n");
+					}
 				}
-				else {
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "mirror") == 0) {
 					code = 200;
-					debug_flags |= D_RRD_STATS;
-					st->debug = st->debug?0:1;
-					buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Chart %s has now debug %s.\r\n", tok, st->debug?"enabled":"disabled");
-					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: debug for %s is %s.", w->id, tok, st->debug?"enabled":"disabled");
-				}
-			}
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "mirror") == 0) {
-				code = 200;
 
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Mirroring...", w->id);
+					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Mirroring...", w->id);
 
-				// replace the zero bytes with spaces
-				buffer_char_replace(w->response.data, '\0', ' ');
+					// replace the zero bytes with spaces
+					buffer_char_replace(w->response.data, '\0', ' ');
 
-				// just leave the buffer as is
-				// it will be copied back to the client
-			}
+					// just leave the buffer as is
+					// it will be copied back to the client
+				}
 #endif
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "list") == 0) {
-				code = 200;
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "list") == 0) {
+					code = 200;
 
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending list of RRD_STATS...", w->id);
+					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending list of RRD_STATS...", w->id);
 
-				buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-				RRDSET *st = rrdset_root;
+					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+					RRDSET *st = rrdset_root;
 
-				for ( ; st ; st = st->next )
-					buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "%s\n", st->name);
-			}
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "all.json") == 0) {
-				code = 200;
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending JSON list of all monitors of RRD_STATS...", w->id);
+					for ( ; st ; st = st->next )
+						buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "%s\n", st->name);
+				}
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "all.json") == 0) {
+					code = 200;
+					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending JSON list of all monitors of RRD_STATS...", w->id);
 
-				w->response.data->contenttype = CT_APPLICATION_JSON;
-				buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-				rrd_stats_all_json(w->response.data);
-			}
-			else if(strcmp(tok, "netdata.conf") == 0) {
-				code = 200;
-				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending netdata.conf ...", w->id);
+					w->response.data->contenttype = CT_APPLICATION_JSON;
+					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+					rrd_stats_all_json(w->response.data);
+				}
+				else if(strcmp(tok, "netdata.conf") == 0) {
+					code = 200;
+					debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending netdata.conf ...", w->id);
 
-				w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
-				buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-				generate_config(w->response.data, 0);
+					w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
+					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+					generate_config(w->response.data, 0);
+				}
+				else {
+					char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];
+					url = filename;
+					strncpy(filename, w->last_url, FILENAME_MAX);
+					filename[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
+					tok = mystrsep(&url, "?");
+					buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+					code = mysendfile(w, (tok && *tok)?tok:"/");
+				}
 			}
 			else {
 				char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];
@@ -1190,16 +1277,19 @@ void web_client_process(struct web_client *w) {
 		}
 
 		// free url_decode() buffer
-		if(pointer_to_free) free(pointer_to_free);
+		if(pointer_to_free) {
+			free(pointer_to_free);
+			pointer_to_free = NULL;
+		}
 	}
-	else if(w->response.data->len > 8192) {
+	else if(w->response.data->len > TOO_BIG_REQUEST) {
 		strcpy(w->last_url, "too big request");
 
-		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Received request is too big.", w->id);
+		debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Received request is too big (%zd bytes).", w->id, w->response.data->len);
 
 		code = 400;
 		buffer_flush(w->response.data);
-		buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Received request is too big.\r\n");
+		buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Received request is too big  (%zd bytes).\r\n", w->response.data->len);
 	}
 	else {
 		// wait for more data
diff --git a/src/web_client.h b/src/web_client.h
index 14cd91bc6..3823dbc91 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_client.h
+++ b/src/web_client.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct web_client {
 extern struct web_client *web_clients;
 
 extern uid_t web_files_uid(void);
+extern uid_t web_files_gid(void);
 
 extern struct web_client *web_client_create(int listener);
 extern struct web_client *web_client_free(struct web_client *w);
diff --git a/src/web_server.c b/src/web_server.c
index cae94acad..10bf39a78 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_server.c
+++ b/src/web_server.c
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@
 #include "global_statistics.h"
 #include "rrd.h"
 #include "rrd2json.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 
 int listen_backlog = LISTEN_BACKLOG;
 
 int listen_fd = -1;
 int listen_port = LISTEN_PORT;
 
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 static void log_allocations(void)
 {
 	static int mem = 0;
@@ -46,82 +48,123 @@ static void log_allocations(void)
 		mem = mi.uordblks;
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
-int create_listen_socket4(int port, int listen_backlog)
+static int is_ip_anything(const char *ip)
 {
-		int sock;
-		int sockopt = 1;
-		struct sockaddr_in name;
+	if(!ip || !*ip
+			|| !strcmp(ip, "any")
+			|| !strcmp(ip, "all")
+			|| !strcmp(ip, "*")
+			|| !strcmp(ip, "::")
+			|| !strcmp(ip, "0.0.0.0")
+			) return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv4 creating new listening socket on port %d", port);
+int create_listen_socket4(const char *ip, int port, int listen_backlog)
+{
+	int sock;
+	int sockopt = 1;
+	struct sockaddr_in name;
 
-		sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-		if(sock < 0) {
-			error("IPv4 socket() failed.");
-			return -1;
-		}
+	debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv4 creating new listening socket on port %d", port);
 
-		/* avoid "address already in use" */
-		setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void*)&sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
+	sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if(sock < 0) {
+		error("IPv4 socket() failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-		memset(&name, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
-		name.sin_family = AF_INET;
-		name.sin_port = htons (port);
-		name.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_ANY);
+	/* avoid "address already in use" */
+	setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void*)&sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
 
-		if(bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof (name)) < 0) {
-			close(sock);
-			error("IPv4 bind() failed.");
-			return -1;
-		}
+	memset(&name, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+	name.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	name.sin_port = htons (port);
 
-		if(listen(sock, listen_backlog) < 0) {
+	if(is_ip_anything(ip)) {
+		name.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+		info("Listening on any IPs (IPv4).");
+	}
+	else {
+		int ret = inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, (void *)&name.sin_addr.s_addr);
+		if(ret != 1) {
+			error("Failed to convert IP '%s' to a valid IPv4 address.", ip);
 			close(sock);
-			fatal("IPv4 listen() failed.");
 			return -1;
 		}
+		info("Listening on IP '%s' (IPv4).", ip);
+	}
+
+	if(bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof (name)) < 0) {
+		close(sock);
+		error("IPv4 bind() failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if(listen(sock, listen_backlog) < 0) {
+		close(sock);
+		fatal("IPv4 listen() failed.");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-		debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv4 listening port %d created", port);
-		return sock;
+	debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv4 listening port %d created", port);
+	return sock;
 }
 
-int create_listen_socket6(int port, int listen_backlog)
+int create_listen_socket6(const char *ip, int port, int listen_backlog)
 {
-		int sock = -1;
-		int sockopt = 1;
-		struct sockaddr_in6 name;
+	int sock = -1;
+	int sockopt = 1;
+	struct sockaddr_in6 name;
 
-		debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv6 creating new listening socket on port %d", port);
+	debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv6 creating new listening socket on port %d", port);
 
-		sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-		if (sock < 0) {
-			error("IPv6 socket() failed.");
-			return -1;
-		}
+	sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (sock < 0) {
+		error("IPv6 socket() failed. Disabling IPv6.");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-		/* avoid "address already in use" */
-		setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void*)&sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
+	/* avoid "address already in use" */
+	setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void*)&sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
 
-		memset(&name, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
-		name.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-		name.sin6_port = htons ((uint16_t) port);
-		name.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
-		name.sin6_scope_id = 0;
+	memset(&name, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
+	name.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	name.sin6_port = htons ((uint16_t) port);
 
-		if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof (name)) < 0) {
+	if(is_ip_anything(ip)) {
+		name.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+		info("Listening on all IPs (IPv6 and IPv4)");
+	}
+	else {
+		int ret = inet_pton(AF_INET6, ip, (void *)&name.sin6_addr.s6_addr);
+		if(ret != 1) {
+			error("Failed to convert IP '%s' to a valid IPv6 address. Disabling IPv6.", ip);
 			close(sock);
-			error("IPv6 bind() failed.");
 			return -1;
 		}
+		info("Listening on IP '%s' (IPv6)", ip);
+	}
 
-		if (listen(sock, listen_backlog) < 0) {
-			close(sock);
-			fatal("IPv6 listen() failed.");
-			return -1;
-		}
+	name.sin6_scope_id = 0;
+
+	if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof (name)) < 0) {
+		close(sock);
+		error("IPv6 bind() failed. Disabling IPv6.");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-		debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv6 listening port %d created", port);
-		return sock;
+	if (listen(sock, listen_backlog) < 0) {
+		close(sock);
+		error("IPv6 listen() failed. Disabling IPv6.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	debug(D_LISTENER, "IPv6 listening port %d created", port);
+	return sock;
 }
 
 
@@ -210,7 +253,9 @@ void *socket_listen_main(void *ptr)
 				debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Removing client.", w->id);
 				// pthread_join(w->thread,  NULL);
 				w = web_client_free(w);
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
 				log_allocations();
+#endif
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/web_server.h b/src/web_server.h
index 0d1e2da92..39f3bad91 100755..100644
--- a/src/web_server.h
+++ b/src/web_server.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ extern int listen_backlog;
 extern int listen_fd;
 extern int listen_port;
 
-extern int create_listen_socket4(int port, int listen_backlog);
-extern int create_listen_socket6(int port, int listen_backlog);
+extern int create_listen_socket4(const char *ip, int port, int listen_backlog);
+extern int create_listen_socket6(const char *ip, int port, int listen_backlog);
 extern void *socket_listen_main(void *ptr);
 
 #endif /* NETDATA_WEB_SERVER_H */