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From: Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:33:50 -0700

> Yes I'm familiar with ss and how inet_csk_diag_fill() calls into
> tcp_diag_get_info(),..., etc. Like I mentioned previously the netlink
> interface
> requires a new version of reader app (e.g., ss) to ship every time a new
> counter is added and exported by the kernel, whereas /proc/net/tcp does
> not have such a problem.

You can add new netlink attributes to portably extend the existing
info, and also to add a mechanism by which to make 'ss' utility
upgrades unnecessary.

Please, just use modern mechanisms like netlink and leave legacy
bits like /proc/net/tcp alone, thank you.