netdev - [PATCH net 7/8] net/mlx5e: Use rx_missed_errors instead of rx

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Message-ID: <20240522192659.840796-8-tariqt@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 22:26:58 +0300
From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman
	<gal@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, Carolina Jubran
	<cjubran@...dia.com>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 7/8] net/mlx5e: Use rx_missed_errors instead of rx_dropped for reporting buffer exhaustion

From: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>

Previously, the driver incorrectly used rx_dropped to report device
buffer exhaustion.

According to the documentation, rx_dropped should not be used to count
packets dropped due to buffer exhaustion, which is the purpose of
rx_missed_errors.

Use rx_missed_errors as intended for counting packets dropped due to
buffer exhaustion.

Fixes: 269e6b3af3bf ("net/mlx5e: Report additional error statistics in get stats ndo")
Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index b758bc72ac36..c53c99dde558 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3886,7 +3886,7 @@ mlx5e_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 		mlx5e_fold_sw_stats64(priv, stats);
 	}
 
-	stats->rx_dropped = priv->stats.qcnt.rx_out_of_buffer;
+	stats->rx_missed_errors = priv->stats.qcnt.rx_out_of_buffer;
 
 	stats->rx_length_errors =
 		PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_in_range_length_errors) +
-- 
2.44.0