DEV_GET_STATS

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

dev_get_stats - get network device statistics  

SYNOPSIS

struct rtnl_link_stats64 * dev_get_stats(struct net_device * dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 * storage);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

device to get statistics from

storage

place to store stats
 

DESCRIPTION

Get network statistics from device. Return storage. The device driver may provide its own method by setting dev->netdev_ops->get_stats64 or dev->netdev_ops->get_stats; otherwise the internal statistics structure is used.  

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