netdev - [PATCH v2 net-next 03/12] be2net: add a description for counter rx_input_fifo_overflow

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Message-ID: <1409632017-15655-4-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:56:48 +0530
From:	Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 03/12] be2net: add a description for counter rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop


Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index 0cd3311..d8d7a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_stats[] = {
 	 * fifo must never overflow.
 	 */
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rxpp_fifo_overflow_drop)},
+	/* Received packets dropped when the RX block runs out of space in
+	 * one of its input FIFOs. This could happen due a long burst of
+	 * minimum-sized (64b) frames in the receive path.
+	 * This counter may also be erroneously incremented rarely.
+	 */
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop)},
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_ip_checksum_errs)},
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_tcp_checksum_errs)},
-- 
1.7.1

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