netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add a core netdev->rx

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Date:	Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:27:40 -0700
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Roger Luethi <rl@...lgate.ch>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add a core netdev->rx_dropped counter

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le vendredi 01 octobre 2010 à 07:10 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>
>> This seems very reasonable ;)
>>
>> I'll add a counter, a core generalization of
>> commit 8990f468a (net: rx_dropped accounting)
>>
>> Because we can drop packets _after_ netif_rx() if RPS is in action
>> anyway.
>>
>>
>
> In this patch I fold the additional dev->rx_dropped into get_stats()
> structure. We might chose to not fold it, and provides this counter in a
> new /proc/net/dev column, a new rtnetlink attribute (and appropriate
> iproute2 change)
>
> What do you think ?

This patch makes sense to me.  I think combining the dropped stats
with those from the driver makes sense, at least at the moment, since
both the counters from both sources are from a combination of
different causes anyways.
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