Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] sctp: Add support to per-association statistics via a new SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS call

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:47:42PM +0000, Thomas Graf wrote:

On 11/16/12 at 11:39am, Neil Horman wrote:

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Yes, I think this is good, I still don't like the idea of having to do these via
an ioctl, but I suppose it fits well enough.

I'm with you on this. I have started scribbling notes on paper for
a netlink based stats retriever. We should discuss this at some
point making sure we get everyone on board with interests in this
and solve this nice and clean for everyone to enjoy.

Agreed, I was also doodling out some protocol format and kernel API ideas for
this.  We have a short week due to Thanksgiving here next week, but why don't I
email you after the holiday and we can exchange thoughts? I think a netlink
stats protocol would be a great way to solve the process-private/global access
problem.

I guess the ioctl is the best we can do as long as we don't have
the above.

Agreed, it will do, and if we do a good job with the kernel API for the netlink
idea above, maybe we can even inherit existing stats transparently.

Neil