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| author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2007-03-28 23:29:08 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-04-26 07:28:26 +0200 |
| commit | c45d286e72dd72c0229dc9e2849743ba427fee84 (patch) | |
| tree | 1fb22a5e71c89043671380087def5bc419a37886 /README | |
| parent | [NET]: random functions can use nsec resolution instead of usec (diff) | |
| download | linux-c45d286e72dd72c0229dc9e2849743ba427fee84.tar.xz linux-c45d286e72dd72c0229dc9e2849743ba427fee84.zip | |
[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 <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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