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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 kernel 24/29] add packets and bytes mark capability
 to nfacct
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:01:57 +0200
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Michael Zintakis <michael.zintakis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> * add two variables to each nfacct object - 'pmark' and 'bmark', allowing
> short-term traffic accounting to be implemented by placing a "mark" against
> that object.
> 
> This enables counting of traffic (both bytes and packets) since that mark has
> been enabled/set, in addition to the main packet and byte counters.

And again.
Why not simply add a 2nd accounting object, and then send traffic to
it based on ruleset? (-m time, -m condition, -m set, etc.)?