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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <yisen.zhuang@huawei.com>,
	<huangdaode@hisilicon.com>, <lipeng321@huawei.com>,
	<mehta.salil.lnk@gmail.com>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linuxarm@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 7/8] net: hns3: Add Ethtool support to HNS3 driver
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:26:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170723102601.18ac81a1@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170722220942.78852-8-salil.mehta@huawei.com>

On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:09:41 +0100
Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com> 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.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-07-23 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-22 22:09 [PATCH V4 net-next 0/8] Hisilicon Network Subsystem 3 Ethernet Driver Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 1/8] net: hns3: Add support of HNS3 Ethernet Driver for hip08 SoC Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 17:24   ` Florian Fainelli
2017-07-27 20:44     ` Salil Mehta
2017-08-02 16:38     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 2/8] net: hns3: Add support of the HNAE3 framework Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 13:15   ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-07-27 23:44     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-28  4:41       ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-07-28 11:52         ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 3/8] net: hns3: Add HNS3 IMP(Integrated Mgmt Proc) Cmd Interface Support Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 4/8] net: hns3: Add HNS3 Acceleration Engine & Compatibility Layer Support Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 5/8] net: hns3: Add support of TX Scheduler & Shaper to HNS3 driver Salil Mehta
2017-07-23  6:16   ` Richard Cochran
2017-07-23  9:31     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 6/8] net: hns3: Add MDIO support to HNS3 Ethernet driver for hip08 SoC Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 16:53   ` Florian Fainelli
2017-07-27 17:56     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 7/8] net: hns3: Add Ethtool support to HNS3 driver Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 17:05   ` Florian Fainelli
2017-07-24 20:32     ` Rustad, Mark D
2017-07-25  9:35       ` David Laight
2017-07-27 18:01     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-27 18:04       ` Florian Fainelli
2017-07-27 20:46         ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 17:26   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2017-07-27 15:53     ` Salil Mehta
2017-07-22 22:09 ` [PATCH V4 net-next 8/8] net: hns3: Add HNS3 driver to kernel build framework & MAINTAINERS Salil Mehta
2017-07-23 13:12   ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-07-27 15:56     ` Salil Mehta

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