diff -urN linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/include/linux/sysctl.h linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/include/linux/sysctl.h	Fri Jul 30 10:48:54 2004
+++ linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/include/linux/sysctl.h	Fri Jul 30 11:32:39 2004
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
  	NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_TCP_LOOSE=17,
  	NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_TCP_BE_LIBERAL=18,
  	NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_TCP_MAX_RETRANS=19,
+	NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_COUNT=20,
 };
  
 /* /proc/sys/net/ipv6 */
diff -urN linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
--- linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c	Fri Jul 30 10:48:54 2004
+++ linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c	Fri Jul 30 11:31:55 2004
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(helpers);
 unsigned int ip_conntrack_htable_size = 0;
 int ip_conntrack_max = 0;
-static atomic_t ip_conntrack_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+atomic_t ip_conntrack_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 struct list_head *ip_conntrack_hash;
 static kmem_cache_t *ip_conntrack_cachep;
 
diff -urN linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
--- linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c	Fri Jul 30 10:48:54 2004
+++ linux-2.4.27-rc3-20040729-pomng-20040729-count/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c	Fri Jul 30 11:31:55 2004
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
 
 /* From ip_conntrack_core.c */
 extern int ip_conntrack_max;
+extern atomic_t ip_conntrack_count;
 extern unsigned int ip_conntrack_htable_size;
 
 /* From ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c */
@@ -280,6 +281,9 @@
 static ctl_table ip_ct_sysctl_table[] = {
 	{NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_MAX, "ip_conntrack_max",
 	 &ip_conntrack_max, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL,
+	 &proc_dointvec},
+	{NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_COUNT, "ip_conntrack_count",
+	 &ip_conntrack_count, sizeof(int), 0444, NULL,
 	 &proc_dointvec},
 	{NET_IPV4_NF_CONNTRACK_BUCKETS, "ip_conntrack_buckets",
 	 &ip_conntrack_htable_size, sizeof(unsigned int), 0444, NULL,