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net: restore gnet_stats_basic to previous definition

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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>
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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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include/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
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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);