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    [NET]: Inline net_device_stats · c45d286e
    Rusty Russell 提交于
    Network drivers which keep stats allocate their own stats structure
    then write a get_stats() function to return them.  It would be nice if
    this were done by default.
    
    1) Add a new "stats" field to "struct net_device".
    2) Add a new feature field to say "this driver uses the internal one"
    3) Have a default "get_stats" which returns NULL if that feature not set.
    4) Change callers to check result of get_stats call for NULL, not if
       ->get_stats is set.
    
    This should not break backwards compatibility with older drivers, yet
    allow modern drivers to shed some boilerplate code.
    
    Lightly tested: works for a modified lguest network driver.
    Signed-off-by: NRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
    Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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