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-rw-r--r--NEWS1
-rw-r--r--interface.c14
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d6fdb521..bb18a43a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fetchmail-4.3.2 ()
* More slow-UIDL patches from Wolfgang Wander.
* Yet another attempt to fix IMAP-K4. This one, my beta-testers say, works.
* Only re-poll on actual dispatches (not just fetches).
+* kwrohrer's patch for interface option on newer Linux kernels.
There are 262 people on fetchmail-friends and 54 on fetchmail-announce.
diff --git a/interface.c b/interface.c
index 266cf6ba..370d078d 100644
--- a/interface.c
+++ b/interface.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static int _get_ifinfo_(int socket_fd, FILE *stats_file, const char *ifname,
struct ifreq request;
char *cp, buffer[256];
int found = 0;
+ int counts[4];
/* initialize result */
memset((char *) ifinfo, 0, sizeof(ifinfo_t));
@@ -58,8 +59,17 @@ static int _get_ifinfo_(int socket_fd, FILE *stats_file, const char *ifname,
if (!strncmp(cp, ifname, namelen) &&
cp[namelen] == ':') {
cp += namelen + 1;
- sscanf(cp, "%d %*d %*d %*d %*d %d %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d",
- &ifinfo->rx_packets, &ifinfo->tx_packets);
+ if (sscanf(cp, "%d %d %*d %*d %*d %d %*d %d %*d %*d"
+ " %*d %*d %d",counts, counts+1, counts+2,
+ counts+3,&found)>4) { /* found = dummy */
+ /* newer kernel with byte counts */
+ ifinfo->rx_packets=counts[1];
+ ifinfo->tx_packets=counts[3];
+ } else {
+ /* older kernel, no byte counts */
+ ifinfo->rx_packets=counts[0];
+ ifinfo->tx_packets=counts[2];
+ }
found = 1;
}
}