On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 01:50:37PM +0300, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> The current Tx error counter counts, according to its description,
> the total number of packets not sent when TX ring full. It is reported
> to application as part of oerrors field.
>
> The drop due to full ring is not the statistic that should be set on
> oerrors field. Such number can be counted by the application using the
> return value of the Tx burst function.
> The number that should be set there is the number of packets the device
> could not transmit in any way, even when it has resources.
>
> Therefore, replace this counter to count the total number of failed
> transmitted packets.
>
> Fixes: 87011737b715 ("mlx5: add software counters")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> Cc: adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com>
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Nélio Laranjeiro
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