From: Costa Tsaousis (ktsaou) <costa@tsaousis.gr>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:23:14 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: softnet budget alarm is now a silent alarm
X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0~36^2~3
X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=64d9d09ab4ce6faabb754450b458d72a3539bc8d;p=netdata.git

softnet budget alarm is now a silent alarm
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diff --git a/conf.d/health.d/softnet.conf b/conf.d/health.d/softnet.conf
index 719880bf..50dfbeb3 100644
--- a/conf.d/health.d/softnet.conf
+++ b/conf.d/health.d/softnet.conf
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
     warn: $this > ( ($status >= $WARNING) ? (0) : (5) )
    delay: down 30m multiplier 1.5 max 1h
     info: number of times ksoftirq ran out of sysctl net.core.netdev_budget or time slice, with work remaining (this can be a cause for dropped packets)
-      to: sysadmin
+      to: silent
diff --git a/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh b/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh
index f1b8bba7..4d02c87e 100755
--- a/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh
+++ b/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ declare -A arr_email=()
 # so, here we find the unique ones
 for x in ${recipient//,/ }
 do
+    # the recipient 'silent' means, don't send a notification for this event
+    [ "${x}" = "silent" ] & continue
+
     # email
     a="${role_recipients_email[${recipient}]}"
     [ -z "${a}" ] && a="${DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL}"