From 2d3b479df41a10e2f41f9259fcba775bd34de6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david decotigny Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:48:35 -0700 Subject: net-sysfs: expose number of carrier on/off changes This allows to monitor carrier on/off transitions and detect link flapping issues: - new /sys/class/net/X/carrier_changes - new rtnetlink IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES (getlink) Tested: - grep . /sys/class/net/*/carrier_changes + ip link set dev X down/up + plug/unplug cable - updated iproute2: prints IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES - iproute2 20121211-2 (debian): unchanged behavior Signed-off-by: David Decotigny Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/sched/sch_generic.c') diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c index e82e43b69c33..e1543b03e39d 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev) if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state)) { if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) return; + atomic_inc(&dev->carrier_changes); linkwatch_fire_event(dev); if (netif_running(dev)) __netdev_watchdog_up(dev); @@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev) if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state)) { if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) return; + atomic_inc(&dev->carrier_changes); linkwatch_fire_event(dev); } } -- cgit v1.2.3