netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6] veth: Kill unused tx

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Date:	Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:17:20 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6] veth: Kill unused tx_dropped

Le mardi 05 juillet 2011 à 23:49 -0700, David Miller a écrit :

> -tx_drop:
> -	kfree_skb(skb);
> -	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> -	stats->tx_dropped++;
> -	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> -	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> -
>  rx_drop:
>  	u64_stats_update_begin(&rcv_stats->syncp);
>  	rcv_stats->rx_dropped++;


Then we should also kill tx_dropped from percpu stats ?

Here is a patch on top of yours

[PATCH] veth: Kill unused tx_dropped

Followup to commit f82528bc13a (Exclude duplicated checking for
iface-up) : We no longer need percpu tx_dropped field.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/veth.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 19e0b0c..7f78db7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct veth_net_stats {
 	u64			rx_bytes;
 	u64			tx_bytes;
 	u64			rx_dropped;
-	u64			tx_dropped;
 	struct u64_stats_sync	syncp;
 };
 
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_stats64 *veth_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct veth_net_stats *stats = per_cpu_ptr(priv->stats, cpu);
 		u64 rx_packets, rx_bytes, rx_dropped;
-		u64 tx_packets, tx_bytes, tx_dropped;
+		u64 tx_packets, tx_bytes;
 		unsigned int start;
 
 		do {
@@ -178,14 +177,12 @@ static struct rtnl_link_stats64 *veth_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 			rx_bytes = stats->rx_bytes;
 			tx_bytes = stats->tx_bytes;
 			rx_dropped = stats->rx_dropped;
-			tx_dropped = stats->tx_dropped;
 		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_bh(&stats->syncp, start));
 		tot->rx_packets += rx_packets;
 		tot->tx_packets += tx_packets;
 		tot->rx_bytes   += rx_bytes;
 		tot->tx_bytes   += tx_bytes;
 		tot->rx_dropped += rx_dropped;
-		tot->tx_dropped += tx_dropped;
 	}
 
 	return tot;


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