| File: rt_cache_stat.dif |
| Apply to: kernel < 2.4.7 |
| Status: recommended for kernels < 2.4.7. |
| already present in >= 2.4.7 |
| Description: tracing efficiency of routing cache |
| Side effects: none |
| |
| File: pidentd-3.0.12.dif |
| Apply to: pident-3.0.12 tree f.e. from am redhat rpm |
| Status: highly recommended |
| Description: Patch to pidentd allowing to use tcpdiag facility and fixing |
| some bugs in original pident. |
| Side effects: none. Does not break anything not depending on kernel version, |
| even if tcpdiag is absent. |
| Advice: not related to this patch but should be said yet. |
| Do NOT configure pidentd to use threads! Use option |
| "--without-threads" when doing "configure". |
| pidentd is typical example of application where |
| threading results in nothing but collapse of performance. |
| Apparently author learned thread programming and decided |
| to apply new knowledge to the first victim. |
| |
| File: symbol_exports.dif |
| Apply to: kernel < 2.4.17 |
| Status: desired for kernels < 2.4.17 |
| not needed for kernels >= 2.4.17 |
| Description: exports symbols required to load tcpdiag module |
| tcpdiag is builtin since 2.4.17, hence the exports |
| are redundant. |
| Side effects: none |
| |
| File: af_unix.dif |
| Apply to: kernel |
| Status: recommended |
| Desciption: implements fragmented skb for unix sockets reducing |
| vm pressure for datagram sockets and adds to /proc/net/unix |
| columns allowing to monitor recv/send memory and identify |
| peer of connected sockets. |
| Side effects: "lsof" blames something about unix sockets. |
| Not a big loss, lsof is not able to tell anything more |
| clever than "can't identify protocol" for sockets anyway. |
| Note: the patch affects area where one or two lines changed |
| several times while 2.4. It does not depend on this, |
| but unfortunately may reject. It apply cleanly to |
| 2.4.17. |
| |
