Hi Stephen, > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 6:26 PM > To: Salil Mehta > Cc: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen); huangdaode; lipeng (Y); > mehta.salil.lnk@xxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linuxarm > Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 7/8] net: hns3: Add Ethtool support to > HNS3 driver > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:09:41 +0100 > Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_packets", rx_packets), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_packets", tx_packets), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_bytes", rx_bytes), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_bytes", tx_bytes), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_errors", rx_errors), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_errors", tx_errors), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_dropped", rx_dropped), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_dropped", tx_dropped), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("multicast", multicast), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("collisions", collisions), > > + > > + /* detailed Rx errors */ > > Do not put network statistics in ethtool statistics. > This is redundant and unnecessary. Yes some other drivers may do it > but it is not best practice. Ok sure, will remove netdev stats from the ethtool. Thanks Salil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html