From: David Stevens <redacted>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:03:58 -0700

IP_OUTDISCARDS should count the packets IP dropped, not
anything dropped at a lower layer (which, in general, it
is not aware of). If you count these in multiple layers,
then you don't really know who dropped it.

Right.

We are in danger of going from one extreme to the other.
Previously we lacked some drop detection capabilities
but now we've filled most of these holes and ON TOP of
all of that we have Neil's SKB drop tracer.

Let's not get carried away over-accounting this stuff.