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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/Kconfig
parent9a8afc8d3962f3ed26fd6b56db34133860ed1e72 (diff)
downloadlinux-273ae44b9cb9443e0b5265cdc99f127ddb95c8db.tar.gz
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>
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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