netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: refine bond_fold

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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:41:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com,
        j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: refine bond_fold_stats() wrap
 detection

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:45:44 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Some device drivers reset their stats at down/up events, possibly
> fooling bonding stats, since they operate with relative deltas.
> 
> It is nearly not possible to fix drivers, since some of them compute the
> tx/rx counters based on per rx/tx queue stats, and the queues can be
> reconfigured (ethtool -L) between the down/up sequence.
> 
> Lets avoid accumulating 'negative' values that render bonding stats
> useless.
> 
> It is better to lose small deltas, assuming the bonding stats are
> fetched at a reasonable frequency.
> 
> Fixes: 5f0c5f73e5ef ("bonding: make global bonding stats more reliable")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.