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Network Drop Monitor: Adding Build changes to enable drop monitor

Network Drop Monitor: Adding Build changes to enable drop monitor

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>

 include/linux/Kbuild |    1 +
 net/Kconfig          |   11 +++++++++++
 net/core/Makefile    |    1 +
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Neil Horman 16 years ago
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3 changed files with 13 additions and 0 deletions
  1. 1 0
      include/linux/Kbuild
  2. 11 0
      net/Kconfig
  3. 1 0
      net/core/Makefile

+ 1 - 0
include/linux/Kbuild

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ header-y += mqueue.h
 header-y += mtio.h
 header-y += mtio.h
 header-y += ncp_no.h
 header-y += ncp_no.h
 header-y += neighbour.h
 header-y += neighbour.h
+header-y += net_dropmon.h
 header-y += netfilter_arp.h
 header-y += netfilter_arp.h
 header-y += netrom.h
 header-y += netrom.h
 header-y += nfs2.h
 header-y += nfs2.h

+ 11 - 0
net/Kconfig

@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ config NET_TCPPROBE
 	To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
 	To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
 	module will be called tcp_probe.
 	module will be called tcp_probe.
 
 
+config NET_DROP_MONITOR
+	boolean "Network packet drop alerting service"
+	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && TRACEPOINTS
+	---help---
+	This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
+	event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
+	are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
+	process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
+	just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
+	drop statistics, say N here.
+
 endmenu
 endmenu
 
 
 endmenu
 endmenu

+ 1 - 0
net/core/Makefile

@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR) += drop_monitor.o