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author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> | 2006-06-05 20:30:32 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-06-18 00:29:31 -0400 |
commit | a42e9d6ce89cfd19aee9f990b7231ce697f0d00f (patch) | |
tree | 3afea026bdf3698fd81509925d8cf7d5f1e95fbd /net/Kconfig | |
parent | 72dc5b9225c53310c010b68a70ea97c8c8e24bdf (diff) |
[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 | |||
215 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the | 215 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
216 | module will be called pktgen. | 216 | module will be called pktgen. |
217 | 217 | ||
218 | config NET_TCPPROBE | ||
219 | tristate "TCP connection probing" | ||
220 | depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && PROC_FS && KPROBES | ||
221 | ---help--- | ||
222 | This module allows for capturing the changes to TCP connection | ||
223 | state in response to incoming patckets. It is used for debugging | ||
224 | TCP congestion avoidance modules. If you don't understand | ||
225 | what was just said, you don't need it: say N. | ||
226 | |||
227 | Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found | ||
228 | at http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/TcpProbe | ||
229 | |||
230 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the | ||
231 | module will be called tcp_probe. | ||
232 | |||
218 | endmenu | 233 | endmenu |
219 | 234 | ||
220 | endmenu | 235 | endmenu |