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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: stefanc@marvell.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, nadavh@marvell.com, ymarkman@marvell.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, mw@semihalf.com,
	rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk, atenart@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: extend mib-fragments name to mib-fragments-err
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:44:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YABm5PDi94I5VKQp@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1610618858-5093-1-git-send-email-stefanc@marvell.com>

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:07:38PM +0200, stefanc@marvell.com wrote:
> From: Stefan Chulski <stefanc@marvell.com>
> 
> This patch doesn't change any functionality, but just extend
> MIB counter register and ethtool-statistic names with "err".
> 
> The counter MVPP2_MIB_FRAGMENTS_RCVD in fact is Error counter.
> Extend REG name and appropriated ethtool statistic reg-name
> with the ERR/err.

> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static u32 mvpp2_read_index(struct mvpp2 *priv, u32 index, u32 reg)
>  	{ MVPP2_MIB_FC_RCVD, "fc_received" },
>  	{ MVPP2_MIB_RX_FIFO_OVERRUN, "rx_fifo_overrun" },
>  	{ MVPP2_MIB_UNDERSIZE_RCVD, "undersize_received" },
> -	{ MVPP2_MIB_FRAGMENTS_RCVD, "fragments_received" },
> +	{ MVPP2_MIB_FRAGMENTS_ERR_RCVD, "fragments_err_received" },

Hi Stefan

I suspect this is now ABI and you cannot change it. You at least need
to argue why it is not ABI.

  Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-14 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-14 10:07 [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: extend mib-fragments name to mib-fragments-err stefanc
2021-01-14 15:44 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2021-01-14 16:13   ` [EXT] " Stefan Chulski
2021-01-14 17:49     ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-14 18:20     ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-14 17:46 ` Jakub Kicinski

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