net: restore gnet_stats_basic to previous definition

In 5e140dfc1f "net: reorder struct Qdisc
for better SMP performance" the definition of struct gnet_stats_basic
changed incompatibly, as copies of this struct are shipped to
userland via netlink.

Restoring old behavior is not welcome, for performance reason.

Fix is to use a private structure for kernel, and
teach gnet_stats_copy_basic() to convert from kernel to user land,
using legacy structure (struct gnet_stats_basic)

Based on a report and initial patch from Michael Spang.

Reported-by: Michael Spang <mspang@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Dumazet
2009-08-16 09:36:49 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent c6ba973b8f
commit c1a8f1f1c8
13 changed files with 33 additions and 23 deletions

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@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ enum {
* @packets: number of seen packets
*/
struct gnet_stats_basic
{
__u64 bytes;
__u32 packets;
};
struct gnet_stats_basic_packed
{
__u64 bytes;
__u32 packets;

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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct tcf_common {
u32 tcfc_capab;
int tcfc_action;
struct tcf_t tcfc_tm;
struct gnet_stats_basic tcfc_bstats;
struct gnet_stats_basic_packed tcfc_bstats;
struct gnet_stats_queue tcfc_qstats;
struct gnet_stats_rate_est tcfc_rate_est;
spinlock_t tcfc_lock;

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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int gnet_stats_start_copy_compat(struct sk_buff *skb, int type,
spinlock_t *lock, struct gnet_dump *d);
extern int gnet_stats_copy_basic(struct gnet_dump *d,
struct gnet_stats_basic *b);
struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *b);
extern int gnet_stats_copy_rate_est(struct gnet_dump *d,
struct gnet_stats_rate_est *r);
extern int gnet_stats_copy_queue(struct gnet_dump *d,
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ extern int gnet_stats_copy_app(struct gnet_dump *d, void *st, int len);
extern int gnet_stats_finish_copy(struct gnet_dump *d);
extern int gen_new_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
extern int gen_new_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est,
spinlock_t *stats_lock, struct nlattr *opt);
extern void gen_kill_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
extern void gen_kill_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est);
extern int gen_replace_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
extern int gen_replace_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est,
spinlock_t *stats_lock, struct nlattr *opt);
extern bool gen_estimator_active(const struct gnet_stats_basic *bstats,
extern bool gen_estimator_active(const struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
const struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est);
#endif

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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct xt_rateest {
spinlock_t lock;
struct gnet_estimator params;
struct gnet_stats_rate_est rstats;
struct gnet_stats_basic bstats;
struct gnet_stats_basic_packed bstats;
};
extern struct xt_rateest *xt_rateest_lookup(const char *name);

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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct Qdisc
*/
unsigned long state;
struct sk_buff_head q;
struct gnet_stats_basic bstats;
struct gnet_stats_basic_packed bstats;
struct gnet_stats_queue qstats;
};