On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:29:43 +0200 izabela.bakoll...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Izabela Bakollari <izabela.bakoll...@gmail.com> > > Dropwatch is a utility that monitors dropped frames by having userspace > record them over the dropwatch protocol over a file. This augument > allows live monitoring of dropped frames using tools like tcpdump. > > With this feature, dropwatch allows two additional commands (start and > stop interface) which allows the assignment of a net_device to the > dropwatch protocol. When assinged, dropwatch will clone dropped frames, > and receive them on the assigned interface, allowing tools like tcpdump > to monitor for them. > > With this feature, create a dummy ethernet interface (ip link add dev > dummy0 type dummy), assign it to the dropwatch kernel subsystem, by using > these new commands, and then monitor dropped frames in real time by > running tcpdump -i dummy0. > > Signed-off-by: Izabela Bakollari <izabela.bakoll...@gmail.com>
Doesn't seem to apply to net-next, also the tree is closed during the merge window so please rebase and repost after the weekend.
