From cf0720697143f3eaa0779cca5a6602d8557d1c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:37:53 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] net: suggest L2 discards be counted towards rx_dropped From the existing definitions it's unclear which stat to use to report filtering based on L2 dst addr in old broadcast-medium Ethernet. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index 874cc12..82708c6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h @@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats { * * @rx_dropped: Number of packets received but not processed, * e.g. due to lack of resources or unsupported protocol. - * For hardware interfaces this counter should not include packets - * dropped by the device which are counted separately in + * For hardware interfaces this counter may include packets discarded + * due to L2 address filtering but should not include packets dropped + * by the device due to buffer exhaustion which are counted separately in * @rx_missed_errors (since procfs folds those two counters together). * * @tx_dropped: Number of packets dropped on their way to transmission, -- 2.7.4