netdev - Re: [PATCH] igb: count Rx FIFO errors correctly

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Message-Id: <20100323.232047.11981843.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:20:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	mitch.a.williams@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] igb: count Rx FIFO errors correctly

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:34:38 -0700

> From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
> 
> Don't aggregate rx_no_buffer_count into rx_fifo_errors. RNBC counts
> packets that get queued temporarily in the adapter's FIFO. These
> packets are not dropped and are not errors. The correct counter
> is rx_missed_errors (MPC).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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