Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751186AbWAPUOL (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751182AbWAPUOL (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:11 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:64678 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751184AbWAPUOK (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:10 -0500 Subject: Re: [patch] networking ipv4: remove total socket usage count from /proc/net/sockstat From: Lee Revell To: Andy Gospodarek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net In-Reply-To: <20060116200432.GB14060@gospo.rdu.redhat.com> References: <20060116200432.GB14060@gospo.rdu.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:05 -0500 Message-Id: <1137442446.19444.20.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 561 Lines: 15 On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 15:04 -0500, Andy Gospodarek wrote: > Printing the total number of sockets used in /proc/net/sockstat is out > of place in a file that is supposed to contain information related to > ipv4 sockets. Removed output for total socket usage. > Um, you can't do that, it will break userspace. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/