linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net] net/core: don't increment rx

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:36:54 -0500
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, jiri@...lanox.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
	tom@...bertland.com, j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com,
	gospo@...ulusnetworks.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net] net/core: don't increment rx_dropped on inactive
 slaves

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 01:21:00PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:14:53 -0500
> 
> > # ethtool -S bond0
> > no stats available
> 
> ethtool -S is for device specific stats.

Okay, good, that was what it looked like to me. Glad I'm not completely
lost here. :)

So this sort of output wouldn't belong there, it should show up in sysfs,
procfs, and be available to ip over netlink.

> Some drivers use this facility to provide per-RX-queue and per-TX-queue
> versions of the existing core netdev stats.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com