Re: [PATCH v3] tcp: ioctl type SIOCOUTQNSD returns amount of datanot sent

[Hagen Paul Pfeifer]

* David Miller | 2011-03-09 14:09:51 [-0800]:

>From: Steffen Sledz <sledz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Sun,  6 Mar 2011 20:59:55 +0100
>
>> From: Mario Schuknecht <m.schuknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> In contrast to SIOCOUTQ which returns the amount of data sent
>> but not yet acknowledged plus data not yet sent this patch only
>> returns the data not sent.
>> 
>> For various methods of live streaming bitrate control it may
>> be helpful to know how much data are in the tcp outqueue are
>> not sent yet.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Mario Schuknecht <m.schuknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Steffen Sledz <sledz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Applied, thanks.

A little bit late - but why not using struct tcp_info for that? The
information is already provided via getsockopt(TCP_INFO).

Hagen
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