netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] net/mlx5e: XDP TX forwarding support

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:13:56 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Rana Shahout <ranas@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] net/mlx5e: XDP TX forwarding support

On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 18:06 +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:58:30 -0700
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> > Same for XDP_TX if/when packet is dropped because output ring is full.
> 
> For the XDP_TX case a counter is already incremented[1] but it is a
> local ring counter (ring->tx_dropped++).
> 
> Do you think we should maintain separate counters for XDP? (to have a
> more consistent interface across drivers...)

No, as long as the admin can learn drops are occurring.

"perf ... -e skb:kfree_skb ..." or drop monitor wont work,
unfortunately.