From c1a8f1f1c8e01eab5862c8db39b49ace814e6c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:36:49 +0000 Subject: net: restore gnet_stats_basic to previous definition In 5e140dfc1fe87eae27846f193086724806b33c7d "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 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/gen_stats.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/gen_stats.c') diff --git a/net/core/gen_stats.c b/net/core/gen_stats.c index c3d0ffeac24..8569310268a 100644 --- a/net/core/gen_stats.c +++ b/net/core/gen_stats.c @@ -106,16 +106,21 @@ gnet_stats_start_copy(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, spinlock_t *lock, * if the room in the socket buffer was not sufficient. */ int -gnet_stats_copy_basic(struct gnet_dump *d, struct gnet_stats_basic *b) +gnet_stats_copy_basic(struct gnet_dump *d, struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *b) { if (d->compat_tc_stats) { d->tc_stats.bytes = b->bytes; d->tc_stats.packets = b->packets; } - if (d->tail) - return gnet_stats_copy(d, TCA_STATS_BASIC, b, sizeof(*b)); + if (d->tail) { + struct gnet_stats_basic sb; + memset(&sb, 0, sizeof(sb)); + sb.bytes = b->bytes; + sb.packets = b->packets; + return gnet_stats_copy(d, TCA_STATS_BASIC, &sb, sizeof(sb)); + } return 0; } -- cgit v1.2.3