netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: fix accounting of packet drops vs errors

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:10:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pgynther@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: fix accounting of packet drops vs
 errors

From: Petri Gynther <pgynther@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:55:02 +0000

> 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,

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Please fix this, email a test patch to yourself, and only resubmit
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patch you receive in that test email.

Thanks.
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