netdev - Re: [PATCH] vlan: Fix receive statistics under-reporting

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:08:53 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vlan: Fix receive statistics under-reporting

On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:45 -0400, Vladislav Yasevich wrote:
> Vlan devices uder-report 14 bytes per packet in the recieve statistics.
> This is because the ETH_HLEN bytes of data has been pulled off the skb
> by the time it gets to the vlan receive code.  When accounting for
> receive butes, add ETH_HLEN back.
> 
> See also https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84951
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
> ---
>  net/8021q/vlan_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
> index 90cc2bd..8bc5d46 100644
> --- a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
> +++ b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool vlan_do_receive(struct sk_buff **skbp)
>  
>  	u64_stats_update_begin(&rx_stats->syncp);
>  	rx_stats->rx_packets++;
> -	rx_stats->rx_bytes += skb->len;
> +	rx_stats->rx_bytes += skb->len + ETH_HLEN;
>  	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST)
>  		rx_stats->rx_multicast++;
>  	u64_stats_update_end(&rx_stats->syncp);


I do not think this patch is general enough, it doesn't handle GRO for
example.

And should not the vlan tag also be accounted ? 


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