ABI suggestions?

[Julian Elischer]

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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