8 files changed, 33 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
index 3b746556e1a3..fa741f84c5b9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
+++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static void appldata_get_net_sum_data(void *data)
         int i;
         struct appldata_net_sum_data *net_data;
         struct net_device *dev;
-        struct net_device_stats *stats;
         unsigned long rx_packets, tx_packets, rx_bytes, tx_bytes, rx_errors,
                         tx_errors, rx_dropped, tx_dropped, collisions;
 
@@ -86,7 +85,8 @@ static void appldata_get_net_sum_data(void *data)
         collisions = 0;
         read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
         for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev) {
-                stats = dev->get_stats(dev);
+                const struct net_device_stats *stats = dev_get_stats(dev);
+
                 rx_packets += stats->rx_packets;
                 tx_packets += stats->tx_packets;
                 rx_bytes   += stats->rx_bytes;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index a08ea4808056..db5f5c24a250 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@ static int bond_close(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 static struct net_device_stats *bond_get_stats(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
         struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
-        struct net_device_stats *stats = &(bond->stats), *sstats;
+        struct net_device_stats *stats = &bond->stats;
         struct net_device_stats local_stats;
         struct slave *slave;
         int i;
@@ -3909,7 +3909,8 @@ static struct net_device_stats *bond_get_stats(struct net_device *bond_dev)
         read_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
         bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i) {
-                sstats = slave->dev->get_stats(slave->dev);
+                const struct net_device_stats *sstats = dev_get_stats(slave->dev);
+
                 local_stats.rx_packets += sstats->rx_packets;
                 local_stats.rx_bytes += sstats->rx_bytes;
                 local_stats.rx_errors += sstats->rx_errors;
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
index abd8fcd6e62d..cd92c4d8dbc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static void efx_ethtool_get_stats(struct net_device *net_dev,
         EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(stats->n_stats != EFX_ETHTOOL_NUM_STATS);
 
         /* Update MAC and NIC statistics */
-        net_dev->get_stats(net_dev);
+        dev_get_stats(net_dev);
 
         /* Fill detailed statistics buffer */
         for (i = 0; i < EFX_ETHTOOL_NUM_STATS; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/led.c b/drivers/parisc/led.c
index f9b12664f9fb..454b6532e409 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/led.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/led.c
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ static __inline__ int led_get_net_activity(void)
         read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
         rcu_read_lock();
         for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev) {
-            struct net_device_stats *stats;
+            const struct net_device_stats *stats;
             struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
             if (!in_dev || !in_dev->ifa_list)
                 continue;
             if (ipv4_is_loopback(in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_local))
                 continue;
-            stats = dev->get_stats(dev);
+            stats = dev_get_stats(dev);
             rx_total += stats->rx_packets;
             tx_total += stats->tx_packets;
         }
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9060f5f3517a..981a089d5149 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -865,8 +865,8 @@ struct net_device
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
                 void                    (*poll_controller)(struct net_device *dev);
 #endif
-#endif
         };
+#endif
 };
 #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)
 
@@ -1780,6 +1780,8 @@ extern void		netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
 /* Load a device via the kmod */
 extern void             dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name);
 extern void             dev_mcast_init(void);
+extern const struct net_device_stats *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
+
 extern int              netdev_max_backlog;
 extern int              weight_p;
 extern int              netdev_set_master(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *master);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ca14ab407b33..8843f4e3f5e1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ void dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 
 static void dev_seq_printf_stats(struct seq_file *seq, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-        struct net_device_stats *stats = dev->get_stats(dev);
+        const struct net_device_stats *stats = dev_get_stats(dev);
 
         seq_printf(seq, "%6s:%8lu %7lu %4lu %4lu %4lu %5lu %10lu %9lu "
                    "%8lu %7lu %4lu %4lu %4lu %5lu %7lu %10lu\n",
@@ -4288,10 +4288,24 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
         }
 }
 
-static struct net_device_stats *internal_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-        return &dev->stats;
+/**
+ *      dev_get_stats   - get network device statistics
+ *      @dev: device to get statistics from
+ *
+ *      Get network statistics from device. The device driver may provide
+ *      its own method by setting dev->netdev_ops->get_stats; otherwise
+ *      the internal statistics structure is used.
+ */
+const struct net_device_stats *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
+ {
+        const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+        if (ops->ndo_get_stats)
+                return ops->ndo_get_stats(dev);
+        else
+                return &dev->stats;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_stats);
 
 static void netdev_init_one_queue(struct net_device *dev,
                                   struct netdev_queue *queue,
@@ -4370,7 +4384,6 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 
         netdev_init_queues(dev);
 
-        dev->get_stats = internal_stats;
         netpoll_netdev_init(dev);
         setup(dev);
         strcpy(dev->name, name);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 146dcfeb060e..afd42d717320 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static ssize_t netstat_show(const struct device *d,
                             unsigned long offset)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
-        struct net_device_stats *stats;
         ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
 
         WARN_ON(offset > sizeof(struct net_device_stats) ||
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ static ssize_t netstat_show(const struct device *d,
 
         read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
         if (dev_isalive(dev)) {
-                stats = dev->get_stats(dev);
+                const struct net_device_stats *stats = dev_get_stats(dev);
                 ret = sprintf(buf, fmt_ulong,
                               *(unsigned long *)(((u8 *) stats) + offset));
         }
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 6f8e0778e565..790dd205bb5d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition)
 }
 
 static void copy_rtnl_link_stats(struct rtnl_link_stats *a,
-                                 struct net_device_stats *b)
+                                 const struct net_device_stats *b)
 {
         a->rx_packets = b->rx_packets;
         a->tx_packets = b->tx_packets;
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
         struct netdev_queue *txq;
         struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
         struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-        struct net_device_stats *stats;
+        const struct net_device_stats *stats;
         struct nlattr *attr;
 
         nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ifm), flags);
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
         if (attr == NULL)
                 goto nla_put_failure;
 
-        stats = dev->get_stats(dev);
+        stats = dev_get_stats(dev);
         copy_rtnl_link_stats(nla_data(attr), stats);
 
         if (dev->rtnl_link_ops) {