From 2d3b479df41a10e2f41f9259fcba775bd34de6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david decotigny Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:48:35 -0700 Subject: net-sysfs: expose number of carrier on/off changes This allows to monitor carrier on/off transitions and detect link flapping issues: - new /sys/class/net/X/carrier_changes - new rtnetlink IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES (getlink) Tested: - grep . /sys/class/net/*/carrier_changes + ip link set dev X down/up + plug/unplug cable - updated iproute2: prints IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES - iproute2 20121211-2 (debian): unchanged behavior Signed-off-by: David Decotigny Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c') diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index e7c6006bc3ea..d4ff41739b0f 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static noinline size_t if_nlmsg_size(const struct net_device *dev, + nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_NUM_RX_QUEUES */ + nla_total_size(1) /* IFLA_OPERSTATE */ + nla_total_size(1) /* IFLA_LINKMODE */ + + nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES */ + nla_total_size(ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_VF ? 4 : 0) /* IFLA_NUM_VF */ + rtnl_vfinfo_size(dev, ext_filter_mask) /* IFLA_VFINFO_LIST */ @@ -970,7 +971,9 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, (dev->qdisc && nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_QDISC, dev->qdisc->ops->id)) || (dev->ifalias && - nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_IFALIAS, dev->ifalias))) + nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_IFALIAS, dev->ifalias)) || + nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES, + atomic_read(&dev->carrier_changes))) goto nla_put_failure; if (1) { @@ -1147,6 +1150,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = { [IFLA_NUM_TX_QUEUES] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [IFLA_NUM_RX_QUEUES] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [IFLA_PHYS_PORT_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN }, + [IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, /* ignored */ }; static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = { -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b