netdev - [PATCH net-next 10/14] ethtool: Expand documentation of struct ethtool

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Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:14:43 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 10/14] ethtool: Expand documentation of struct
 ethtool_stats

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index f246f37..e96aec0 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];
 };
 


-- 
Ben Hutchings
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