linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 26/62] net/mlx4_en: Count HW buffer overrun only once

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Message-ID: <lsq.1459279102.458237117@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:18:22 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Amir Vadai" <amir@...ai.me>, "Or Gerlitz" <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	"Eugenia Emantayev" <eugenia@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 26/62] net/mlx4_en: Count HW buffer overrun only once

3.2.79-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>

commit 281e8b2fdf8e4ef366b899453cae50e09b577ada upstream.

RdropOvflw counts overrun of HW buffer, therefore should
be used for rx_fifo_errors only.

Currently RdropOvflw counter is mistakenly also set into
rx_missed_errors and rx_over_errors too, which makes the
device total dropped packets accounting to show wrong results.

Fix that. Use it for rx_fifo_errors only.

Fixes: c27a02cd94d6 ('mlx4_en: Add driver for Mellanox ConnectX 10GbE NIC')
Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
Signed-off-by: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_port.c
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ int mlx4_en_DUMP_ETH_STATS(struct mlx4_e
 			   be64_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->MCAST_novlan);
 	stats->collisions = 0;
 	stats->rx_length_errors = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->RdropLength);
-	stats->rx_over_errors = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->RdropOvflw);
+	stats->rx_over_errors = 0;
 	stats->rx_crc_errors = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->RCRC);
 	stats->rx_frame_errors = 0;
 	stats->rx_fifo_errors = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->RdropOvflw);
-	stats->rx_missed_errors = be32_to_cpu(mlx4_en_stats->RdropOvflw);
+	stats->rx_missed_errors = 0;
 	stats->tx_aborted_errors = 0;
 	stats->tx_carrier_errors = 0;
 	stats->tx_fifo_errors = 0;