netdev - Re: [PATCH net 4/4] net/mlx4_en: Split SW RX dropped counter per RX ring

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Message-ID: <1461164209.10638.262.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 07:56:49 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 4/4] net/mlx4_en: Split SW RX dropped counter per RX
 ring

On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 16:01 +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> From: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
> 
> Count SW packet drops per RX ring instead of a global counter. This
> will allow monitoring the number of rx drops per ring.
> 
> In addition, SW rx_dropped counter was overwritten by HW rx_dropped
> counter, sum both of them instead to show the accurate value.
> 
> Fixes: a3333b35da16 ('net/mlx4_en: Moderate ethtool callback to [...] ')
> Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
> Reported-by: Brenden Blanco <bblanco@...mgrid.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
> ---

Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

( http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg371318.html )

Thanks for following up !