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authorKrzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>2008-07-21 10:01:34 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-21 10:10:58 -0700
commit584015727a3b88b46602b20077b46cd04f8b4ab3 (patch)
treea9b4ec18e2181e03ee24b59b30f7408bcbcf140c /Documentation
parent07a7c1070ed382ad4562e3a0d453fd2001d92f7b (diff)
netfilter: accounting rework: ct_extend + 64bit counters (v4)
Initially netfilter has had 64bit counters for conntrack-based accounting, but it was changed in 2.6.14 to save memory. Unfortunately in-kernel 64bit counters are still required, for example for "connbytes" extension. However, 64bit counters waste a lot of memory and it was not possible to enable/disable it runtime. This patch: - reimplements accounting with respect to the extension infrastructure, - makes one global version of seq_print_acct() instead of two seq_print_counters(), - makes it possible to enable it at boot time (for CONFIG_SYSCTL/CONFIG_SYSFS=n), - makes it possible to enable/disable it at runtime by sysctl or sysfs, - extends counters from 32bit to 64bit, - renames ip_conntrack_counter -> nf_conn_counter, - enables accounting code unconditionally (no longer depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT), - set initial accounting enable state based on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT - removes buggy IPCT_COUNTER_FILLING event handling. If accounting is enabled newly created connections get additional acct extend. Old connections are not changed as it is not possible to add a ct_extend area to confirmed conntrack. Accounting is performed for all connections with acct extend regardless of a current state of "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct". Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 86334b6f823..9f73587219e 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -336,3 +336,13 @@ When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches
Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other
ways (ioctls)
Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT
+When: 2.6.29
+Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation.
+ Currently used only to set a default value for a feature that is also
+ controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter.
+Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
+
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 09ad7450647..e4ef2758440 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1279,6 +1279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
This usage is only documented in each driver source
file if at all.
+ nf_conntrack.acct=
+ [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
+ 0 to disable accounting
+ 1 to enable accounting
+ Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is
+ going to be removed in 2.6.29.
+
nfsaddrs= [NFS]
See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt.