Hi Nadia, On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 11:26:36AM +0100, Nadia Pinaeva wrote: > I would like to provide some more context from the user point of view. > I am working on a tool that allows collecting network performance > metrics by using conntrack events. > Start time of a conntrack entry is used to evaluate seen_reply > latency, therefore the sooner it is timestamped, the better the > precision is. > In particular, when using this tool to compare the performance of the > same feature implemented using iptables/nftables/OVS it is crucial > to have the entry timestamped earlier to see any difference. > > I am not sure if current timestamping logic is used for anything, but > changing it would definitely help with my use case. > I am happy to provide more details, if you have any questions. I'd suggest to add timestamping support to the trace infrastructure for this purpose so you can collect more accurate numbers of chain traversal, this can be hidden under static_key.
