Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:45:58 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Byte counters reset at ~4GB Message-ID: <20040316034558.GA35676@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040316022337.GA44429@ns1.xcllnt.net> References: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1> <20040316000544.GA33122@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040316022337.GA44429@ns1.xcllnt.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:23:37PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:05:44PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > > It seems that the byte counters (derived from netstat -nbi) reset at > > > around 4 GB. Is there no way around this? It would be nice to be able to > > > see an accurate display of totals. It just seems pointless to even have > > > this, as 4 GB is just not that much anymore. I know this is a 32bit > > > limitation of the variable, but that's just bad coding in my opinion (no > > > offence intended), I mean there must be some way around this. > > > > I think in the past it's been pointed out changing to a 64-bit > > variable would slow down the code on non-64-bit architectures like the > > venerable i386. > > Is there a particular reason I don't know about as to why we cannot > introduce a MD typedef for counters like this (or even just "long")? > I mean, if people make the statement that widening counters is not an > option because it slows down some platforms, I must be missing the > reason for it to be an all or none kind of issue. Brooks already mentioned that the counters are already longs, so this is only an issue for 32-bit platforms (i.e. i386). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVnh2Wry0BWjoQKURAqQFAKCc2wXPo8gdRZJ+xn0klPKiHA8J1ACgyKPI M2tmppVCO/0VcZH0Tw/z7eY= =7aDB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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