netdev - Re: [net-next 4/8] net/mlx5e: Add device out of buffer counter

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Message-ID: <20190822183324.79b74f7b@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 18:33:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 4/8] net/mlx5e: Add device out of buffer counter

On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:35:52 +0000, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
> 
> Added the following packets drop counter:
> Device out of buffer - counts packets which were dropped due to full
> device internal receive queue.
> This counter will be shown on ethtool as a new counter called
> dev_out_of_buffer.
> The counter is read from FW by command QUERY_VNIC_ENV.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>

Sounds like rx_fifo_errors, no? Doesn't rx_fifo_errors count RX
overruns?