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| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h index f246f3703ed8..e96aec0bf7c1 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h @@ -597,10 +597,20 @@ struct ethtool_test { __u64 data[0]; }; -/* for dumping NIC-specific statistics */ +/** + * struct ethtool_stats - device-specific statistics + * @cmd: Command number = %ETHTOOL_GSTATS + * @n_stats: On return, the number of statistics + * @data: Array of statistics + * + * Users must use %ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO or %ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO to find the + * number of statistics that will be returned. They must allocate a + * buffer of the appropriate size (8 * number of statistics) + * immediately following this structure. + */ struct ethtool_stats { - __u32 cmd; /* ETHTOOL_GSTATS */ - __u32 n_stats; /* number of u64's being returned */ + __u32 cmd; + __u32 n_stats; __u64 data[0]; }; |