On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:50 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote: > not rx_missed_errors please, it is exclusive for software lack of buffers. > > Please have a look at thtool_eth_XXX_stats IEEE ethnl_stats, if you need to > extend, this is the place. > > RFC2863[1] defines this type of discards as ifInDiscards. So let's add > it to ehttool std stats. mlx5 reports most of them already to driver custom > ethtool -S We can, but honestly I'd just make sure they are counted in rx_dropped and leave the detailed breakdown in ethtool -S. The value of the common stats kicks in when we have multiple NICs with reasonably similar interpretations. Hopefully for missed we do have that interpretation. Anything further down in the pipeline will be device specific. Or at least I haven't figured out sufficient commonalities among the devices I deal with in production..
