From 584015727a3b88b46602b20077b46cd04f8b4ab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:01:34 -0700 Subject: netfilter: accounting rework: ct_extend + 64bit counters (v4) Initially netfilter has had 64bit counters for conntrack-based accounting, but it was changed in 2.6.14 to save memory. Unfortunately in-kernel 64bit counters are still required, for example for "connbytes" extension. However, 64bit counters waste a lot of memory and it was not possible to enable/disable it runtime. This patch: - reimplements accounting with respect to the extension infrastructure, - makes one global version of seq_print_acct() instead of two seq_print_counters(), - makes it possible to enable it at boot time (for CONFIG_SYSCTL/CONFIG_SYSFS=n), - makes it possible to enable/disable it at runtime by sysctl or sysfs, - extends counters from 32bit to 64bit, - renames ip_conntrack_counter -> nf_conn_counter, - enables accounting code unconditionally (no longer depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT), - set initial accounting enable state based on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT - removes buggy IPCT_COUNTER_FILLING event handling. If accounting is enabled newly created connections get additional acct extend. Old connections are not changed as it is not possible to add a ct_extend area to confirmed conntrack. Accounting is performed for all connections with acct extend regardless of a current state of "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct". Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 09ad7450647b..e4ef27584408 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1279,6 +1279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file This usage is only documented in each driver source file if at all. + nf_conntrack.acct= + [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting + 0 to disable accounting + 1 to enable accounting + Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is + going to be removed in 2.6.29. + nfsaddrs= [NFS] See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b