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/sched/sch_drr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/sched/sch_drr.c') diff --git a/net/sched/sch_drr.c b/net/sched/sch_drr.c index 7597fe146866..12b2fb04b29b 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_drr.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_drr.c @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct drr_class { unsigned int refcnt; unsigned int filter_cnt; - struct gnet_stats_basic bstats; + struct gnet_stats_basic_packed bstats; struct gnet_stats_queue qstats; struct gnet_stats_rate_est rate_est; struct list_head alist; -- cgit v1.2.3