netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] veth: Fixing transmit return status for dropped packets

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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:24:30 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] veth: Fixing transmit return status for dropped packets

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 11:06 AM Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The veth_xmit function returns NETDEV_TX_OK even when packets are dropped.
> This behavior leads to incorrect calculations of statistics counts, as
> well as things like txq->trans_start updates.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@...il.com>
> ---

We kindly ask for net patches to include a Fixes: tag.

If we receive hundreds of patches without them, it takes hours of work
for reviewers
to do the _needed_ work.

We need your help.

Fixes: e314dbdc1c0d ("[NET]: Virtual ethernet device driver.")

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

Thanks.