Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: conntrack: add conntrack event timestamp

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Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nadia Pinaeva writes:
>   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.
> 
> At this time, conntrack events can only get timestamped at recv time in
> userspace, so there can be some delay between the event being generated
> and the userspace process consuming the message.
 
Ping, should I resend this patch?




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