Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] trace: tcp: Add tracepoint for tcp_cwnd_reduction()

[Breno Leitao]

Hello Jason,

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 08:08:52PM +0800, Jason Xing wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM Breno Leitao <lei...@debian.org> wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > index 
> > 4811727b8a02258ec6fa1fd129beecf7cbb0f90e..fc88c511e81bc12ec57e8dc3e9185a920d1bd079
> >  100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> > @@ -2710,6 +2710,8 @@ void tcp_cwnd_reduction(struct sock *sk, int 
> > newly_acked_sacked, int newly_lost,
> >         if (newly_acked_sacked <= 0 || WARN_ON_ONCE(!tp->prior_cwnd))
> >                 return;
> >
> > +       trace_tcp_cwnd_reduction(sk, newly_acked_sacked, newly_lost, flag);
> > +
> 
> Are there any other reasons why introducing a new tracepoint here?
> AFAIK, it can be easily replaced by a bpf related program or script to
> monitor in the above position.

In which position exactly?

Thank you,
--breno