netdev - Re: rx_dropped packets stop with tcpdump running

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:24:25 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Marco Berizzi <pupilla@...mail.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rx_dropped packets stop with tcpdump running

On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 15:12 +0200, Marco Berizzi wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm running linux 3.3.2 on slackware64
> 13.1 as a firewall and ipsec gateway.
> I'm experimenting a problem on one of
> the nics: I see the rx_dropped packets
> counter increasing. Running tcpdump on
> that nic (eth2) 'fix' the problem: the
> counter doesn't increase anymore.
> The only remarkable running daemon is
> openswan 2.4.15
> 
> Same problem happens with linux 2.6.37
> 
> The connection is at 1000Mbit/s copper,
> full duplex.
> 
> Any feedback are welcome
> TIA

When linux receives a packet with no protocol handler, we increment the
rx_dropped counter.

When you start a tcpdump, all packets are handled, so we dont increment
rx_dropped for this reason anymore.



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