Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:32:59 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net-proc: expose the tos values in /proc/net/[tcp|udp] | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Muraliraja Muniraju <muralira@google.com> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:22:42 -0700
> From: Murali Raja <muralira@google.com> > > This patch exports the tos values from the inet_sock struct > for tcp and udp into the /proc/net/tcp or /proc/net/udp respectively. > This will not pickup per packet tos changes but it will address most > of the cases. This is mainly useful as it would decrease reliance on > tcpdump and also people without root access will be able to read > the values. > > Signed-off-by: Murali Raja <muralira@google.com>
You cannot change the layout of these files, they are parsed by userland problems and therefore have a fixed API.
Netlink based socket dumping provides a proper, backwards compatible, way to extend what is reported, so please consider adding your changes there.
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