Npcap: use Event Tracing (Windows) instead of writing debug logs to file
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- C
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Description
ETW could be used instead of our TRACE_PRINT* functions. Logging to file like we do involves opening, appending, and closing the log file every time, which has big performance impact. If we did this, then we do not need to solve nmap/nmap#1081.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked ETW documentation and tracing the existing TRACE_PRINT* functions. Determine how the current file logging is performed and how ETW would replace it without reopening the log for every message. Done means debug logging uses Windows Event Tracing and the nmap/nmap#1081 issue is no longer needed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100