Thx but this means that i must recompile the kernel...right? I ll check it thx again Quoting Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx>: > apalaios@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi... do u know how i can "watch" the path that a packet follows after it > have > > been received from the kernel? > > I need a low level packet debuger or something else that shows what a > packet do > > inside the kernel.. > > > > Any suggestion? > > Thx > > > there is a debug variable in the sock structure that you can enable at > various points, and use in instrumentation to conditionally print out > data at various points. I usually turn in on in sys_socket, or > sys_connect, etc, based on information I have on hand at the time > (process name, dest ip, etc). That allows me to print out data for a > particular socket as its datagrams traverse the IP stack. > > HTH > Neil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent through the TEI of ATHENS by means of NOC. > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- > /*************************************************** > *Neil Horman > *Software Engineer > *Red Hat, Inc. > *nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx > *gpg keyid: 1024D / 0x92A74FA1 > *http://pgp.mit.edu > ***************************************************/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent through the TEI of ATHENS by means of NOC. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html