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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> | 2006-06-05 17:30:32 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-06-17 21:29:31 -0700 |
| commit | a42e9d6ce89cfd19aee9f990b7231ce697f0d00f (patch) | |
| tree | 3afea026bdf3698fd81509925d8cf7d5f1e95fbd /net/Kconfig | |
| parent | 72dc5b9225c53310c010b68a70ea97c8c8e24bdf (diff) | |
| download | lwn-a42e9d6ce89cfd19aee9f990b7231ce697f0d00f.tar.gz lwn-a42e9d6ce89cfd19aee9f990b7231ce697f0d00f.zip | |
[TCP]: TCP Probe congestion window tracing
This adds a new module for tracking TCP state variables non-intrusively
using kprobes. It has a simple /proc interface that outputs one line
for each packet received. A sample usage is to collect congestion
window and ssthresh over time graphs.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 4193cdcd3ae7..ff0db804eed8 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -215,6 +215,21 @@ config NET_PKTGEN To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be called pktgen. +config NET_TCPPROBE + tristate "TCP connection probing" + depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && PROC_FS && KPROBES + ---help--- + This module allows for capturing the changes to TCP connection + state in response to incoming patckets. It is used for debugging + TCP congestion avoidance modules. If you don't understand + what was just said, you don't need it: say N. + + Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found + at http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/TcpProbe + + To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called tcp_probe. + endmenu endmenu |