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Message-ID: <089e0122a88432eb63051a678bba@google.com>
Date:	Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:55:02 +0000
From:	Petri Gynther <pgynther@...gle.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: [PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: fix accounting of packet drops vs errors

bcmgenet driver needs to separate packet drops from packet errors.

When the driver has to drop a *good* packet, due to lack of buffers or
replacement skbs, increment only dev->stats.[rx|tx]_dropped.

When the driver encounters a bad Rx packet or Tx error, increment only
dev->stats.[rx|tx]_errors + relevant detailed error counter.

Signed-off-by: Petri Gynther <pgynther@...gle.com>
---
  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 4 ----
  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c  
b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index b43b2cb..64c1e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -1230,7 +1230,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *bcmgenet_put_tx_csum(struct  
net_device *dev,
  		new_skb = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, sizeof(*status));
  		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
  		if (!new_skb) {
-			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
  			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
  			return NULL;
  		}
@@ -1465,7 +1464,6 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_desc_rx(struct  
bcmgenet_rx_ring *ring,

  		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
  			dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
-			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
  			goto next;
  		}

@@ -1493,7 +1491,6 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_desc_rx(struct  
bcmgenet_rx_ring *ring,
  		if (unlikely(!(dma_flag & DMA_EOP) || !(dma_flag & DMA_SOP))) {
  			netif_err(priv, rx_status, dev,
  				  "dropping fragmented packet!\n");
-			dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
  			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
  			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
  			goto next;
@@ -1515,7 +1512,6 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_desc_rx(struct  
bcmgenet_rx_ring *ring,
  				dev->stats.rx_frame_errors++;
  			if (dma_flag & DMA_RX_LG)
  				dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;
-			dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
  			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
  			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
  			goto next;
-- 
2.4.3.573.g4eafbef

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