linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/8] forcedeth: account for dropped RX frames

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Message-ID: <CAG88wWa4Un2iwcFthxxVmeguPpQciovRd4+QqF_L=pxQ1f3vdw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:35:08 -0800
From:	David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Szymon Janc <szymon@...c.net.pl>,
	Richard Jones <rick.jones2@...com>,
	Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/8] forcedeth: account for dropped RX frames

Hello,

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
> There is already an rx_dropped statistic in netdevice structure,
> why do you need your own in ethtool?

Sorry, I think my commit message was (once again) inaccurate. This
commit doesn't really "add" the stat, instead it adds code to update
the standard stats (struct rtnl_link_stats64).

Regards,
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