RE: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5

[Jesse Pollard <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>]

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> Jesse Pollard replies:
> to Leif Sawyer who wrote: 
> >> Besides, what would be gained in making the counters RO, if 
> >> they were cleared every time the module was loaded/unloaded?
> > 
> > 1. Knowlege that the module was reloaded.
> > 2. Knowlege that the data being measured is correct
> > 3. Having reliable measures
> > 4. being able to derive valid statistics
> > ....
> 
> Good.  Now that we have valid objectives to reach, which of these
> are NOT met by making the fixes entirely in userspace, say by
> incorporating a wrapper script to ensure that no external applications
> can flush the table counters?
> 
> They're still all met, right?

Nope - some of the applications that may be purchased do not have
to go through the scripts to reset the counters. They just need access
to the counters, and reset is built into the applications. This violates
all 4 objectives.

> And we haven't had to fill the kernel with more cruft.

Removing/no-oping the reset code would make the module
SMALLER, and simpler.

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Jesse I Pollard, II
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