From: Kenneth Johansson <ken@canit.se>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Manfred Bartz <md-linux-kernel@logi.cc>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:16:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ADD4D46.3E8CF0B2@canit.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14pef6-0003Vj-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Fix your userspace applications to behave correctly. If _you_
> > > require your userspace applications to not clear counters, then fix
> > > the application.
> >
> > You are confused. What would you say if a close() by another,
>
> No he isnt confused, you are trying to dictate policy.
Well it's not actually possible to do a fix in userspace for a odometer type of counter that can be reset. I don't know what you mean about policy but this reset "feature" is a shure way to get bad values. I have not seen one good reason to have a reset other than it easier to read and that is something that can be fixed in userspace.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-18 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-17 21:48 IP Acounting Idea for 2.5 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-17 22:58 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-17 23:13 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-17 23:35 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-18 0:02 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-20 2:51 ` Ton Hospel
2001-05-01 23:13 ` Mark van Walraven
2001-04-18 8:16 ` Kenneth Johansson [this message]
2001-04-18 14:45 ` Jonathan Lundell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-04-17 23:06 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-17 21:25 Jesse Pollard
2001-04-17 19:09 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-17 19:37 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-04-18 13:49 ` Michael Clark
2001-04-17 22:32 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-17 18:31 Jesse Pollard
2001-04-17 16:57 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-17 12:28 Jesse Pollard
2001-04-16 23:52 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-16 22:35 Leif Sawyer
2001-04-16 23:42 ` Ian Stirling
2001-04-17 1:13 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-17 10:34 ` Olaf Titz
2001-04-16 21:53 David Findlay
2001-04-16 0:21 ` Michael Clark
2001-04-16 0:40 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-04-16 22:46 ` David Findlay
2001-04-16 0:50 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-04-16 1:58 ` swds.mlowe
2001-04-16 1:24 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-04-16 2:07 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-16 9:43 ` Russell King
2001-04-16 22:24 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-17 10:29 ` Olaf Titz
2001-04-17 1:43 ` Harald Welte
2001-04-17 2:37 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-04-17 6:56 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-04-20 16:17 ` Harald Welte
2001-04-20 21:00 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-04-16 11:21 ` Andreas Ferber
2001-04-16 2:40 ` Dax Kelson
2001-04-17 1:39 ` Harald Welte
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