linux-toradex.git/net/core/drop_monitor.c, branch v2.6.32.2

net: drop_monitor: make last_rx timestamp private

2009-09-02T21:37:45+00:00

It was recently pointed out to me that the last_rx field of the
net_device structure wasn't updated regularly.  In fact only the
bonding driver really uses it currently.  Since the drop_monitor code
relies on the last_rx field to detect drops on recevie in hardware, We
need to find a more reliable way to rate limit our drop checks (so
that we don't check for drops on every frame recevied, which would be
inefficient.  This patch makes a last_rx timestamp that is private to
the drop monitor code and is updated for every device that we track.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drop_monitor: fix trace_napi_poll_hit()

2009-09-02T01:18:12+00:00

The net_dev of backlog napi is NULL, like below:

__get_cpu_var(softnet_data).backlog.dev == NULL

So, we should check it in napi tracepoint's probe function

Acked-by: Neil Horman 
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

2009-06-15T10:02:23+00:00

Conflicts:
	Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
	drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
	net/core/drop_monitor.c
	net/core/net-traces.c

dropmon: add ability to detect when hardware dropsrxpackets

2009-05-21T23:50:21+00:00

Patch to add the ability to detect drops in hardware interfaces via dropwatch.
Adds a tracepoint to net_rx_action to signal everytime a napi instance is
polled.  The dropmon code then periodically checks to see if the rx_frames
counter has changed, and if so, adds a drop notification to the netlink
protocol, using the reserved all-0's vector to indicate the drop location was in
hardware, rather than somewhere in the code.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman 

 include/linux/net_dropmon.h |    8 ++
 include/trace/napi.h        |   11 +++
 net/core/dev.c              |    5 +
 net/core/drop_monitor.c     |  124 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 net/core/net-traces.c       |    4 +
 net/core/netpoll.c          |    2
 6 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drop_monitor: Update netlink protocol to include netlink attribute header in alert message

2009-04-27T10:17:31+00:00

When I initially implemented this protocol, I disregarded the use of netlink
attribute headers, thinking for my purposes they weren't needed.  I've come to
find out that, as I'm starting to work with sending down messages with
associated data (like config messages), the kernel code spits out warnings about
trailing data in a netlink skb that doesn't have an associated header on it.  As
such, I'm going to start including attribute headers in my netlink transaction,
and so for completeness, I should likely include them on messages bound from the
kernel to user space.  This patch adds that header to the kernel, and bumps the
protocol version accordingly

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tracing/events: move trace point headers into include/trace/events

2009-04-15T02:05:43+00:00

Impact: clean up

Create a sub directory in include/trace called events to keep the
trace point headers in their own separate directory. Only headers that
declare trace points should be defined in this directory.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Neil Horman 
Cc: Zhao Lei 
Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu 
Cc: Pekka Enberg 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Network Drop Monitor: Adding drop monitor implementation & Netlink protocol

2009-03-13T19:09:29+00:00

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman 

 include/linux/net_dropmon.h |   56 +++++++++
 net/core/drop_monitor.c     |  263 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 319 insertions(+)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller