gen_new_estimator(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the gen_new_estimator(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — and this one is literally about creating a new rate estimator. iconic behavior, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gen_new_estimator (struct gnet_stats_basic_sync *bstats , struct
       gnet_stats_basic_sync __percpu *cpu_bstats , struct net_rate_estimator
       __rcu **rate_est , spinlock_t *lock , bool running , struct nlattr *opt
       );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bstats — basic statistics. the source stats, periodt.
• cpu_bstats — bstats per cpu.
• rate_est — rate estimator statistics.
• lock — lock for statistics and control path.
• running — true if bstats represents a running qdisc, thus bstats' internal values might change during basic reads. Only used if bstats_cpu is NULL. the way that detail matters, bestie.
• opt — rate estimator configuration TLV.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so it creates a new rate estimator with bstats as source and rate_est as destination. A new timer with the interval specified in the configuration TLV is created — timer main character energy, honestly. Upon each interval, the latest statistics will be read from bstats and the estimated rate will be stored in rate_est with the statistics lock grabbed during this period. slay.

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code. periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/core/gen_estimator.c — plus the related crew: gen_kill_estimator(9), gen_replace_estimator(9), and gen_estimator_active(9). iykyk 💅

source/version vibes: ./net/core 🫶 date: October 2026 ✨ and this page is gen_new_estimator(9). mwah 💋