Re: [PATCH] udp: increment UDP_MIB_NOPORTS in mcast receive

David Miller
2012-10-03T19:30:31Z

From: David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:31:30 -0400

> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote on 10/03/2012 11:29:13 AM:
>
>> > Of course. I think our difference is on the definition of
>> > "receives".
>>
>> A receive is a packet delivered to this host.
>> Interface being promiscuous or not doesnt really matter.
>
> A receive is a packet *addressed* to this host.

Although I'm largely ambivalent, this one sentence tipped me over
towards David's side on this issue.

But this is easy to resolve Eric, just simply make a new custom
counter that counts these new cases you care about and document it
properly.

Thanks.