netdev - RE: [net-2.6 PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: Fix tx_restart_queue/non_eop

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Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:29:05 -0700
From:	"Chilakala, Mallikarjuna" <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [net-2.6 PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: Fix tx_restart_queue/non_eop_desc
 statistics counters



>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:19 PM
>To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T
>Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; gospo@...hat.com; Chilakala, Mallikarjuna;
>Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
>Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: Fix tx_restart_queue/non_eop_desc
>statistics counters
>
>From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:16:51 -0800 (PST)
>
>> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:13:54 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>> From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:56:59 -0800
>>>
>>>> From: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
>>>>
>>>> Fix the restart_queue and non_eop_desc counters from being
>>>> double-counted.  They are cumulative in each ring, so we don't want to
>>>> add them to the cumulative result in the adapter's master counter.
>>>> Otherwise, the stats will be inaccurate
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by:  Mallikarjuna R Chilakala
><mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>>>
>>> Applied.
>>
>> So how did you build test this?
>>
>> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c: In function ‘ixgbe_update_stats’:
>> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c:4532: error: invalid type argument of ‘->’
>(have ‘struct ixgbe_ring’)
>> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c:4536: error: invalid type argument of ‘->’
>(have ‘struct ixgbe_ring’)
>
>I'm making the obvious fix "s/->/./", but really....

Thanks Dave for fixing the issue, some changes in Jeff's GIT tree
has created this merge issue. Most likely the order of patches that were
send out might have created this problem.
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