Re: Byte counters reset at ~4GB

From: Marcel Moolenaar (marcel_at_xcllnt.net)
Date: 03/16/04

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    Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:23:37 -0800
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>

    On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:05:44PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
    > >
    > > It seems that the byte counters (derived from netstat -nbi) reset at
    > > around 4 GB. Is there no way around this? It would be nice to be able to
    > > see an accurate display of totals. It just seems pointless to even have
    > > this, as 4 GB is just not that much anymore. I know this is a 32bit
    > > limitation of the variable, but that's just bad coding in my opinion (no
    > > offence intended), I mean there must be some way around this.
    >
    > I think in the past it's been pointed out changing to a 64-bit
    > variable would slow down the code on non-64-bit architectures like the
    > venerable i386.

    Is there a particular reason I don't know about as to why we cannot
    introduce a MD typedef for counters like this (or even just "long")?
    I mean, if people make the statement that widening counters is not an
    option because it slows down some platforms, I must be missing the
    reason for it to be an all or none kind of issue. 

    -- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net
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