Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/4] net: add rx_unhandled stat counter

From: Jarod Wilson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:02:15 -0500

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 01:09:47PM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 15:21 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > index 289c231..7973ab5 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct net_device_stats {
> >  	unsigned long	tx_window_errors;
> >  	unsigned long	rx_compressed;
> >  	unsigned long	tx_compressed;
> > +	unsigned long	rx_unhandled;
> >  };
> >  
> 
> This structure is deprecated, please do not add new fields in it,
> as it will increase netlink answers for no good reason.
> 
> rtnl_link_stats64 is what really matters these days.

I'll respin the set without that, along with s/unhandled/nohandler/, which
I somehow got screwed up in my head and realized a split second after
hitting send. Outside of that, does this approach look sane? Should I
bother with touching /proc/net/dev output or not?

Thanks much,

-- 
Jarod Wilson
[email-masked]