On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Mark Mielke wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:24:44AM -0400, jamal wrote:
> > I think i would agree with Dave for it to be an external patch. You
> > really only need this during debugging. I had a similar patch when
> > debugging NAPI about a year ago. I didnt find it that useful after
> > a while because i could deduce the losses from SNMP/netstat output.
>
> In your case you found that you could solve it once by debugging the
> application.
>
> This doesn't mean that other applications would not be better at
> determining the code path to use at execution time.
>
> Just because eth1 is behaving perfectly (i.e. low overall dropped UDP
> packets, or low TCP/IP retransmission) does not mean that a specific
> socket currently on eth1 heading to China should assume that it can
> take the 'average' observation as adequate for observing the specific
> socket.
>
> There *are* applications that would benefit from making this decision
> at run time on a socket-by-socket basis. It is not a common requirement
> for most desktop users, but it remains a valid requirement.
>
I am confused as to which application needs this, do you have one in mind?
AFAIK, UDP/RTP type apps already know how to determine packet loss
on a per flow basis.
> Providing it as a patch, can have the effect that it becomes more trouble
> than it is worth to grant other people access to the feature, especially
> from a corporate environment that has signed off on being able to release
> patches made to Linux back to the Linux source tree.
>
You may be confusing technical merit to mean the same thing as corporate
donation. In Linux its the later that counts.
> Seems somewhat of a loss...
Your mileage may vary. Consider this - you have the opp to at least
make the patch available. Imagine trying to convince windriver.
cheers,
jamal
>
> mark
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