Re: low overhead packet capturing on linux

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> So what I'm looking for is a very low overhead way to capture packets. I've 
> come up with a few ideas, some of which I have no idea if they'd even work.

Out-of-tree PF_RING :-(

I really wish someone would tack this problem in a way suitable for
inclusion on mainline, now that we have very good generic backend
infrastructure for such stuff (such as high-speed ring buffers).

AFAIK, what we have right now simply can't cope well with wirespeed taps
(or implement sflow-style taps with low overhead) on very fast links.

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