linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 071/165] usbmon vs. tcpdump: fix dropped packet count

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:46:55 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 071/165] usbmon vs. tcpdump: fix dropped packet count

From: Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit 236c448cb6e7f82096101e1ace4b77f8b38f82c8 upstream.

Report the number of dropped packets instead of zero
when using the binary usbmon interface with tcpdump.

# tcpdump -i usbmon1 -w dump
tcpdump: listening on usbmon1, link-type USB_LINUX_MMAPPED (USB with padded Linux header), capture size 65535 bytes
^C2155 packets captured
2155 packets received by filter
1019 packets dropped by kernel

Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
index 6ee9d76..45f9705 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static int mon_bin_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		nevents = mon_bin_queued(rp);
 
 		sp = (struct mon_bin_stats __user *)arg;
-		if (put_user(rp->cnt_lost, &sp->dropped))
+		if (put_user(ndropped, &sp->dropped))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		if (put_user(nevents, &sp->queued))
 			return -EFAULT;
-- 
1.7.12.rc2

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