Re: ABI suggestions?

From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_elischer.org)
Date: 02/21/05

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    Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:46:51 -0800
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>

    Julian Elischer wrote:
    > Mike Silbersack wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Julian Elischer wrote:
    >>
    >>> I'm looking at implementing a kernel module that implelemnts an ABI
    >>> that allows a particular tcp session to be followed.
    >>> I'm not terribly intereted in the data sent/received bas in the
    >>> actual session
    >>> behaviour itself..
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>> p.s. would this be generally useful (assuming it can be achieve without
    >>> any overhead when compiled out)?
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Yes, I think that'd be very useful; when a user has a repeatable
    >> network problem, we could have them turn this on and create a detailed
    >> log file for us. In cases of reset connections, etc, this would be
    >> quite useful.
    >>
    >> Doesn't TCPDEBUG do something like that already, though? I haven't
    >> taken a look into it, perhaps I should.
    >>
    >> Mike "Silby" Silbersack
    >
    >
    > TCPDEBUG does part of it but I don't see a way to get the output
    > directed to a listenning app that can interpret it, and I don't see a
    > way of limitiing it to particular sessions.

    the last isn't quite true.. it can be made to depend on SO_DEBUG
    but how does a 3rd party process set that bit?

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