linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: natsemi: fix `rx_dropped` double accounting on `netif

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Message-Id: <DCQVKZ3LKK11.50FS0CMR7ARL@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:01:48 +0900
From: "Yeounsu Moon" <yyyynoom@...il.com>
To: "Simon Horman" <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: "Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Jakub
 Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>, "Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: natsemi: fix `rx_dropped` double accounting on
 `netif_rx()` failure

On Fri Sep 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM KST, Simon Horman wrote:
>
> Thanks for your patch,
>
Thank you very much for your review, Simon :)

> Thinking out loud: Adding use of ndev->stats to drivers that don't already
> do so is discouraged. But here, an existing use is being fixed. And I agree
> it is a fix. So this looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
I also noticed that many drivers are still using `ndev->stats`.
If I work on related changes in the future, I will make sure to use
`struct rtnl_link_stats64` instaed and post patches accordingly.