netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gianfar: Fix Rx byte accounting for ndev stats

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:59:50 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     claudiu.manoil@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, aspencer@...cex.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gianfar: Fix Rx byte accounting for ndev stats

From: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:33:10 +0200

> Don't include in the Rx bytecount of the packet sent up the stack:
> the FCB (frame control block), and the padding bytes inserted by
> the controller into the frame payload, nor the FCS. All these are
> being pulled out of the skb by gfar_process_frame().
> This issue is old, likely from the driver's beginnings, however
> it was amplified by recent:
> commit d903ec77118c ("gianfar: simplify FCS handling and fix memory leak")
> which basically added the FCS to the Rx bytecount, and so brought
> this to my attention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>

Applied, thank you.