netdev - [PATCH 13/33] sfc: Don't count RX checksum errors during loopback self-test

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:53:07 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH 13/33] sfc: Don't count RX checksum errors during loopback self-test

The loopback self-test checks that IP packets with incorrect checksums
are not altered when sent on a queue with checksum generation off.
These should not contribute to RX error statistics.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c |   13 ++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index 7421945..dbab9db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -784,15 +784,18 @@ static void falcon_handle_rx_not_ok(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
 			   rx_ev_buf_owner_id_err | rx_ev_eth_crc_err |
 			   rx_ev_frm_trunc | rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err);
 
-	/* Count errors that are not in MAC stats. */
+	/* Count errors that are not in MAC stats.  Ignore expected
+	 * checksum errors during self-test. */
 	if (rx_ev_frm_trunc)
 		++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_frm_trunc;
 	else if (rx_ev_tobe_disc)
 		++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_tobe_disc;
-	else if (rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err)
-		++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_ip_hdr_chksum_err;
-	else if (rx_ev_tcp_udp_chksum_err)
-		++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_tcp_udp_chksum_err;
+	else if (!efx->loopback_selftest) {
+		if (rx_ev_ip_hdr_chksum_err)
+			++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_ip_hdr_chksum_err;
+		else if (rx_ev_tcp_udp_chksum_err)
+			++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_tcp_udp_chksum_err;
+	}
 	if (rx_ev_ip_frag_err)
 		++rx_queue->channel->n_rx_ip_frag_err;
 
-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
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