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/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/netfilter') diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c index 43f5676b1af4..d80b8192e0d4 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static unsigned int xt_rateest_tg(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_target_param *par) { const struct xt_rateest_target_info *info = par->targinfo; - struct gnet_stats_basic *stats = &info->est->bstats; + struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *stats = &info->est->bstats; spin_lock_bh(&info->est->lock); stats->bytes += skb->len; -- cgit v1.2.3