netdev - net driver error accounting

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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:17:18 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>
Subject: net driver error accounting

Looking at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8106

Guys, could we please have a ruling here?

When a net driver encounters a tx_fifo_error, should this also contribute
to the tx_error count, or should it not?

More generally, should netdev drivers accumulate all the detailed
rx_errors into net_device_stats.rx_errors in real time, or should they not?

Thanks.
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