From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: RFC: per-socket statistics on received/dropped packets Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 23:08:09 -0700 Sender: owner-netdev@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: References: <3D029DAF.5040006@candelatech.com> <20020608.175108.84748597.davem@redhat.com> <3D039D22.2010805@candelatech.com> <20020609.213440.04716391.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mark@mark.mielke.cc, cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > From: Ben Greear > Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 11:23:30 -0700 > > I need to account for packets on a per-session basis, where a > session endpoint is a UDP port. So, knowing global protocol numbers is > good, but it is not very useful for the detailed accounting I > need. > > Why can't you just disable the other UDP services, and then there is > no question which UDP server/client is causing the drops. I run multiple connections at once, so this is not a useful alternative. My application is fairly unique, though people doing stuff like RTP and other streaming UDP sessions may be interested in similar counters. > Every argument I hear is one out of lazyness. And that is not a Well, that pretty much finishes this discussion I guess. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear