net: activity_stats: Add statistics for network transmission activity

When enabled, tracks the frequency of network transmissions
(inbound and outbound) and buckets them accordingly.
Buckets are determined by time between network activity.

Each bucket represents the number of network transmisions that were
N sec or longer apart. Where N is defined as 1 << bucket index.

This network pattern tracking is particularly useful for wireless
networks (ie: 3G) where batching network activity closely together
is more power efficient than far apart.

New file: /proc/net/stat/activity

output:

Min Bucket(sec) Count
              1 7
              2 0
              4 1
              8 0
             16 0
             32 2
             64 1
            128 0

Change-Id: I4c4cd8627b872a55f326b1715c51bc3bdd6e8d92
Signed-off-by: Mike Chan <mike@android.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/activity_stats.h b/include/net/activity_stats.h
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+++ b/include/net/activity_stats.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
+ * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * Author: Mike Chan (mike@android.com)
+ */
+
+#ifndef __activity_stats_h
+#define __activity_stats_h
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ACTIVITY_STATS
+void activity_stats_update(void);
+#else
+#define activity_stats_update(void) {}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _NET_ACTIVITY_STATS_H */