netdev - Re: [RFC] gre: conform to RFC6040 ECN progogation

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Date:	Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:13:47 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] gre: conform to RFC6040 ECN progogation

On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 17:49 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> I don't think rx_dropped is appropriate for counting invalid packets,
> but maybe actual practice is already different.
> 
> As for whether packets counted in rx_dropped should also be counted in
> rx_packets/rx_bytes, I really don't know.  The current comments on
> rtnl_link_stats (inherited from net_device_stats) are totally inadequate
> as a specification.

rx_dropped is used by core network stack, not the devices themselves.

So a packet is first accounted in rx_bytes/rx_packets by the driver,
and if net/core/dev.c drops it, rx_dropped is incremented as well.



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