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Ido Schimmel says:
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drop_monitor: Convert to use devlink tracepoint
Drop monitor is able to monitor both software and hardware originated
drops. Software drops are monitored by having drop monitor register its
probe on the 'kfree_skb' tracepoint. Hardware originated drops are
monitored by having devlink call into drop monitor whenever it receives
a dropped packet from the underlying hardware.
This patch set converts drop monitor to monitor both software and
hardware originated drops in the same way - by registering its probe on
the relevant tracepoint.
In addition to drop monitor being more consistent, it is now also
possible to build drop monitor as module instead of as a builtin and
still monitor hardware originated drops. Initially, CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK
implied CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR, but after commit def2fbffe62c
("kconfig: allow symbols implied by y to become m") we can have
CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK=y and CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=m and hardware
originated drops will not be monitored.
Patch set overview:
Patch #1 adds a tracepoint in devlink for trap reports.
Patch #2 prepares probe functions in drop monitor for the new
tracepoint.
Patch #3 converts drop monitor to use the new tracepoint.
Patches #4-#6 perform cleanups after the conversion.
Patch #7 adds a test case for drop monitor. Both software originated
drops and hardware originated drops (using netdevsim) are tested.
Tested:
| CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK | CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR | Build | SW drops | HW drops |
| -------------------|-------------------------|-------|----------|----------|
| y | y | v | v | v |
| y | m | v | v | v |
| y | n | v | x | x |
| n | y | v | v | x |
| n | m | v | v | x |
| n | n | v | x | x |
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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