ABI suggestions?

[Julian Elischer]

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.