Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:37:51 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net v2 0/4] net: add and use rx_nohandler stat counter | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:49:44 -0500
> The network core tries to keep track of dropped packets, but some packets > you wouldn't really call dropped, so much as intentionally ignored, under > certain circumstances. One such case is that of bonding and team device > slaves that are currently inactive. Their respective rx_handler functions > return RX_HANDLER_EXACT (the only places in the kernel that return that), > which ends up tracking into the network core's __netif_receive_skb_core() > function's drop path, with no pt_prev set. On a noisy network, this can > result in a very rapidly incrementing rx_dropped counter, not only on the > inactive slave(s), but also on the master device, such as the following: ...
Both my inbox and patchwork only show patch 2, 3, and 4. Where is #1?
Thanks.
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