summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/net
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>2009-03-11 09:53:16 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-03-13 12:09:29 -0700
commit273ae44b9cb9443e0b5265cdc99f127ddb95c8db (patch)
tree88f3aa4ceb38700451b3f95d8be789e2624992da /net
parent9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72 (diff)
downloadlinux-273ae44b9cb9443e0b5265cdc99f127ddb95c8db.tar.bz2
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/Kconfig11
-rw-r--r--net/core/Makefile1
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 6b39ede3b1b1..c9fdcd7e71ea 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ config NET_TCPPROBE
To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
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
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index d47092bc525c..796f46eece5f 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR) += drop_monitor.o