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[PATCH v2 net-next 03/12] be2net: add a description for counter rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop

From: Sathya Perla <hidden>
Date: 2014-09-02 04:24:31
Subsystem: emulex 10gbps nic be2, be3-r, lancer, skyhawk-r driver (be2net), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Ajit Khaparde, Sriharsha Basavapatna, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index 0cd3311..d8d7a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_stats[] = {
 	 * fifo must never overflow.
 	 */
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rxpp_fifo_overflow_drop)},
+	/* Received packets dropped when the RX block runs out of space in
+	 * one of its input FIFOs. This could happen due a long burst of
+	 * minimum-sized (64b) frames in the receive path.
+	 * This counter may also be erroneously incremented rarely.
+	 */
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop)},
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_ip_checksum_errs)},
 	{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_tcp_checksum_errs)},
-- 
1.7.1
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