On 14/07/2016 14:51, Igor Ryzhov wrote: [..] > How about deleting rx_nombuf from rte_eth_stats? Do you think this > counter is necessary? It just shows enormous numbers in case of a > lack of processing speed. But we already have imissed counter which > shows real number of packets, dropped for the same reason.
Deleting it has API/ABI breakage issues. There is also lack of consistency between drivers as to what imissed includes, as some don't implement it at all whereas others include filtered packets as well. >> 14 ???? 2016 ?., ? 16:37, Thomas Monjalon >> <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> ???????(?): >> [..] >> Yes it is strange and has always been like that. Why not moving the >> assignment before calling the driver callback? Think I'll do that. Easier than updating all the drivers that don't fill it in..
