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authorJeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@google.com>2022-04-06 17:26:00 +0000
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-04-07 20:32:49 -0700
commit794c24e9921f32ded4422833a990ccf11dc3c00e (patch)
tree000df9bb5f87c8d77389e43c1b5171aafa6f6517 /include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
parentMerge branch 'net-create-a-net-core-internal-header' (diff)
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net-core: rx_otherhost_dropped to core_stats
Increment rx_otherhost_dropped counter when packet dropped due to mismatched dest MAC addr. An example when this drop can occur is when manually crafting raw packets that will be consumed by a user space application via a tap device. For testing purposes local traffic was generated using trafgen for the client and netcat to start a server Tested: Created 2 netns, sent 1 packet using trafgen from 1 to the other with "{eth(daddr=$INCORRECT_MAC...}", verified that iproute2 showed the counter was incremented. (Also had to modify iproute2 to show the stat, additional patch for that coming next.) Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@google.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@google.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220406172600.1141083-1-jeffreyjilinux@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/if_link.h')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/if_link.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index cc284c048e69..d1e600816b82 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats {
* @rx_nohandler: Number of packets received on the interface
* but dropped by the networking stack because the device is
* not designated to receive packets (e.g. backup link in a bond).
+ *
+ * @rx_otherhost_dropped: Number of packets dropped due to mismatch
+ * in destination MAC address.
*/
struct rtnl_link_stats64 {
__u64 rx_packets;
@@ -243,6 +246,8 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats64 {
__u64 rx_compressed;
__u64 tx_compressed;
__u64 rx_nohandler;
+
+ __u64 rx_otherhost_dropped;
};
/* Subset of link stats useful for in-HW collection. Meaning of the fields is as