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 <mspang@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/gen_stats.h b/include/linux/gen_stats.h
index 0ffa41d..710e901 100644
--- a/include/linux/gen_stats.h
+++ b/include/linux/gen_stats.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
{
__u64 bytes;
__u32 packets;
+};
+struct gnet_stats_basic_packed
+{
+ __u64 bytes;
+ __u32 packets;
} __attribute__ ((packed));
/**