Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:26:41 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ABI suggestions? Message-ID: <20050220232303.D3038@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20050221051100.GA13873@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <42192D78.6070600@elischer.org> <20050220193909.K1739@odysseus.silby.com> <20050221051100.GA13873@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 07:40:35PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: >> Yes, I think that'd be very useful; when a user has a repeatable network >> problem, we could have them turn this on and create a detailed log file >> for us. In cases of reset connections, etc, this would be quite useful. > > Wouldn't it be best to use KTR for this on 5.x/6.x instead of > introducing another KTR-alike? > > Kris TCP/IP events always happen in places where sleepable locks can be held, so this doesn't require the semantics of KTR. Instead, it seems feasible to send the tcp info straight to syslog and let it direct the relevant info to /var/log/tcpdebug.log. No need for a translation program like ktrdump then. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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