From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH updated] net: add ability to clear per-interface network statistics via procfs Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20080516.130004.18881610.davem@davemloft.net> References: <482DA5B6.1020606@sngx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: jimi@sngx.net Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37315 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751331AbYEPUAJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <482DA5B6.1020606@sngx.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: James Cammarata Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:18:14 -0500 We saw your initial patch posting, you don't need to send this again. netdev added to CC: > From: James Cammarata > > Added the ability to write to /proc/net/dev in order to clear the interface counters for a given interface. The ability to zero out counters (especially the error counters) is extremely useful when troubleshooting interface issues. Now diffed against 2.6.25.4, and added some sanity checking. > > Syntax: > echo 'net clear-stats ifdev' > /proc/net/dev > Where "ifdev" is the device name you wish to clear. > > This code is based mainly on the code found in drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c > > Signed-off-by: James Cammarata > --- > > --- linux-2.6.25.4/net/core/dev.c 2008-05-15 10:00:12.000000000 -0500 > +++ linux-2.6.25.4-jcammara/net/core/dev.c 2008-05-16 07:02:48.000000000 -0500 > @@ -2455,2 +2455,78 @@ > > +/** > + * proc_net_dev_write - handle writes to /proc/net/dev > + * @file: not used > + * @buf: buffer to write > + * @length: length of buf, at most PAGE_SIZE > + * @ppos: not used > + * > + * Description: this provides a mechanism to clear statistics on a > + * per-interface basis > + * "echo 'net clear-stats ifdev' >/proc/net/dev" > + * with "ifdev" replaced by the device name you wish to clear. > + * > + */ > +static ssize_t proc_net_dev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, > + size_t length, loff_t *ppos) > +{ > + char *buffer, *p; > + char devname[IFNAMSIZ]; > + struct net *net; > + struct net_device *dev; > + int err; > + > + if (!buf || length > PAGE_SIZE) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + buffer = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!buffer) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + err = -EFAULT; > + if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, length)) > + goto out; > + > + err = -EINVAL; > + if (length < PAGE_SIZE) > + buffer[length] = '\0'; > + else if (buffer[PAGE_SIZE-1]) > + goto out; > + > + err = -ENXIO; > + net = get_proc_net(file->f_dentry->d_inode); > + if (!net) > + goto out; > + > + /* > + * Usage: echo "net clear-stats ifdev" >/proc/net/dev > + * with "ifdev" replaced by the device name you wish to clear. > + */ > + if (!strncmp("net clear-stats",buffer,15)) { > + p = buffer + 16; > + if(sscanf(p,"%16s",devname)>0) { > + dev = dev_get_by_name(net,devname); > + if (dev) { > + if (dev->get_stats) { > + struct net_device_stats *stats = > + dev->get_stats(dev); > + memset(stats,0, > + sizeof(struct net_device_stats)); > + } > + dev_put(dev); > + } > + } > + } > + > + /* > + * convert success returns so that we return the > + * number of bytes consumed. > + */ > + if (!err) > + err = length; > + > + out: > + free_page((unsigned long)buffer); > + return err; > +} > + > static void *softnet_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos) > @@ -2498,2 +2574,3 @@ > .read = seq_read, > + .write = proc_net_dev_write, > .llseek = seq_lseek, > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/