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Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:27:42 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jamie Gloudon <jamie.gloudon@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] via-rhine: add 64bit statistics.

On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 20:20 -0400, Jamie Gloudon wrote:

> Right. Also, I added rx_dropped to increment for oversize ethernet. Is
> that valid?
> 
> @@ -1857,6 +1869,7 @@ static int rhine_rx(struct net_device *dev, int
> limit)
> 	"Oversized Ethernet frame %p vs %p\n", rp->rx_head_desc,                        	&rp->rx_ring[entry]);
> +	dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> 	dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;

Take other drivers as reference

git grep -n2 rx_length_errors -- drivers/net

Most of them dont do that (they are more likely increasing rx_errors)


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