Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-rc4-mm1] end-of-proces handling for acct-csa | From | Guillaume Thouvenin <> | Date | Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:33:29 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 10:56 -0800, Jay Lan wrote: > The exit hook is essential for CSA to save off data before the data > is gone, A netlink type of thing does not help. BSD is in the same > situation. You can not replace the acct_process() call with a netlink. > If ELSA is to use the enhanced accounting data, it needs the CSA > eop handling at exit as well.
Why replace the acct_process()? The problem here is to add a new hook in the do_fork() and you can use the BSD accounting hook acct_process() which is already in the exit() routine. We don't need to replace it with a netlink because today there are no user space applications that need it.
Best regards, Guillaume
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