From 48ff7469c0a6886165620dcb37e2d25a86621a94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Tafelmeier <matthias.tafelmeier@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:58:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve decode error handling further

Return empty result in case of decode error.
Also print the raw socket diag result.
---
 prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py b/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
index 97f814d..14abf09 100644
--- a/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
+++ b/prometheus_ss_exporter/stats.py
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ def provide_tcp_stats(self):
 
         self._reset_io()
 
-        sk_stats_parsed = dict()
+        sk_stats_parsed = dict(TCP=dict(flows=list()))
         try:
             sk_stats_parsed = json.loads(sk_stats_raw)
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err:
             logging.error("Failed parsing sample")
             logging.error("-----")
-            logging.error(sk_stats_parsed)
+            logging.error(sk_stats_raw)
             logging.error("-----")
 
         return sk_stats_parsed