netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] [QPOLICY]: cmsg header parsing fixes

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Message-Id: <200805121024.41245.tomasz@grobelny.oswiecenia.net>
Date:	Mon, 12 May 2008 10:24:40 +0200
From:	Tomasz Grobelny <tomasz@...belny.oswiecenia.net>
To:	Gerrit Renker <gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk>
Cc:	dccp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] [QPOLICY]: cmsg header parsing fixes

Dnia Monday 12 of May 2008, Gerrit Renker napisał:
> | As for my extension plans, I can see a few things that could be improved:
> |  - adding timeout parameter,
> |  - providing information about available qpolicies and parameters to
> | userspace,
> |  - providing statistical information about qpolicy to userspace
> | applications. (That doesn't necessarily mean I wish to write patches for
> | all these features.)
> | --
>
> Once the patch is in the test tree, we can keep the qpolicy subtree for
> further development/testing. Regarding statistics, there is a MIB in the
> code already (dccp_statistics), but when compiled as a module the
> statistics do not show up under /proc/net/snmp or /proc/net/snmp6 -
> maybe it works when compiling all of DCCP into the kernel.
>
By statistics I mean per socket information so that a given application can 
get information about percentage of sent packets. For example if it gets 
below 75% the application could switch audio/video codec to another having 
lower bitrate. But that is to be discussed when a patch appears.
-- 
Regards,
Tomasz Grobelny
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