From c45d286e72dd72c0229dc9e2849743ba427fee84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rusty Russell Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:29:08 -0700 Subject: [NET]: Inline net_device_stats Network drivers which keep stats allocate their own stats structure then write a get_stats() function to return them. It would be nice if this were done by default. 1) Add a new "stats" field to "struct net_device". 2) Add a new feature field to say "this driver uses the internal one" 3) Have a default "get_stats" which returns NULL if that feature not set. 4) Change callers to check result of get_stats call for NULL, not if ->get_stats is set. This should not break backwards compatibility with older drivers, yet allow modern drivers to shed some boilerplate code. Lightly tested: works for a modified lguest network driver. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 1a528548cd1..71fc8ff4888 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ struct net_device #define NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED 1024 /* Device cannot handle VLAN packets */ #define NETIF_F_GSO 2048 /* Enable software GSO. */ #define NETIF_F_LLTX 4096 /* LockLess TX */ +#define NETIF_F_INTERNAL_STATS 8192 /* Use stats structure in net_device */ /* Segmentation offload features */ #define NETIF_F_GSO_SHIFT 16 @@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ struct net_device struct net_device_stats* (*get_stats)(struct net_device *dev); + struct net_device_stats stats; /* List of functions to handle Wireless Extensions (instead of ioctl). * See for details. Jean II */ -- cgit v1.2.3