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

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Message-ID: <521289EC.40703@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:11:08 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] packet: restore packet statistics tp_packets to include
 drops

On 08/19/2013 10:40 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> getsockopt PACKET_STATISTICS returns tp_packets + tp_drops. Commit
> ee80fbf301 ("packet: account statistics only in tpacket_stats_u")
> cleaned up the getsockopt PACKET_STATISTICS code.
> 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>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
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