On Oct 27, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Michele Baldessari <michele@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Neil & Vlad, > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:37:04AM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: >> We already have files in /proc/net/sctp to count snmp system-wide totals, >> per-endpoint totals, and per association totals. Why do these stats differently >> instead of just adding them the per-association file? I get that solaris does >> this, but its not codified in any of the RFC's or other standards. I would >> really rather see something like this go into the interfaces we have, rather >> than creating a new one. >> >> I also am a bit confused regarding the stats themselves. Most are fairly clear, >> but some seem lacking (you count most things sent and received, but only count >> received gap acks). Others seems vague and or confusing (when counting >> retransmitted chunks and packets, how do you count a packet that has both new >> and retransmitted chunks)? And the max observed rto stat is just odd. Each >> transport has an rto value, not each association, and you cal already see the >> individual transport rto values in /proc/net/sctp/remaddr. > > thanks a lot for your time reviewing this. I will try to address all > your comments in a second version of the patch. One thing I am not too > sure though: do you prefer me extending /proc/net/sctp/* or implement a > new call. > > I ask because from a previous private communication with Vlad the new > socket option seemed to be the preferred approach. > I am fine either way just let me know ;) socket option is preferable as /proc doesn't scale very well as number of associations grows. -Vlad > > cheers, > -- > Michele Baldessari <michele@xxxxxxxxxx> > C2A5 9DA3 9961 4FFB E01B D0BC DDD4 DCCB 7515 5C6D -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sctp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
