netdev - [tipc-discussion][net-next v1] tipc: introduce new socket option TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:02:19 +0700
From:   Tung Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [tipc-discussion][net-next v1] tipc: introduce new socket option TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED

When using TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_DEPTH for getsockopt(), it returns the
number of buffers in receive socket buffer which is not so helpful
for user space applications.

This commit introduces the new option TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED which
returns the current allocated bytes of the receive socket buffer.
This helps user space applications dimension its buffer usage to
avoid buffer overload issue.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au>
---
 include/uapi/linux/tipc.h | 1 +
 net/tipc/socket.c         | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h b/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
index 6b2fd4d9655f..7df026ea6aff 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tipc.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct sockaddr_tipc {
 #define TIPC_MCAST_REPLICAST    134     /* Default: TIPC selects. No arg */
 #define TIPC_GROUP_JOIN         135     /* Takes struct tipc_group_req* */
 #define TIPC_GROUP_LEAVE        136     /* No argument */
+#define TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED    137     /* Default: none (read only) */
 
 /*
  * Flag values
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 8ac8ddf1e324..1385207a301f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -3070,6 +3070,9 @@ static int tipc_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int lvl, int opt,
 	case TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_DEPTH:
 		value = skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 		break;
+	case TIPC_SOCK_RECVQ_USED:
+		value = sk_rmem_alloc_get(sk);
+		break;
 	case TIPC_GROUP_JOIN:
 		seq.type = 0;
 		if (tsk->group)
-- 
2.17.1