Re: [PATCH] Enhanced Linux System Accounting

[Karim Yaghmour]

Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
>     This patch is just a beginning and currently it allows to group
> process together in a "bank" via /dev/elsacct device using ioctl(). 
> Also, it allows to recover accounting informations (taken from BSD 
> accounting for the moment) about a "bank".  We also provide a C program 
> called elsa_cmd.c that "plays" with ioctl() to manage banks. This 
> program can be found at

Maybe you want to consider using relayfs instead of implementing yet
another mechanism for transfering data from kernel space to user-space:
http://www.opersys.com/relayfs/index.html

Karim
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