netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net-packet: restore packet statistics tp

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Message-ID: <5212625A.1090704@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:22:18 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, dborkman@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net-packet: restore packet statistics tp_packets
 to include drops

Hello.

On 08/18/2013 11:58 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:

> getsockopt PACKET_STATISTICS returns tp_packets + tp_drops.
> Commit ee80fbf301 cleaned up the getsockopt PACKET_STATISTICS code.

    Please also specify that commit's summary in parens.

> This also changed semantics. Historically, tp_packets included
> tp_drops on return. The commit removed the line that adds tp_drops
> into tp_packets.

> This patch reinstates the old semantics.

> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

WBR, Sergei

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