> I know the question seems obvious. One way would be creting a critical > section protected variable in the server listener thread and add every > packet sent and check and reset every second, right? But let's > consider we have 1000 clients downloading. Each second the critical > section would be acquired and released at least 2000 times! I believe > it would create a bottlenect just for the sake of drawing a chart of > bandwidth transferred! What other method would you suggest?
Use InterlockedExchangeAdd API function. It is a hardware assisted API and is the fastest possible. Another solution is to count each client individually and do the sum only when needed. -- Contribute to the SSL Effort. Visit http://www.overbyte.be/eng/ssl.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
