Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: enetc: remove xdp_drops statistic from enetc_xdp_drop()

[Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 08:53:07AM +0300, Wei Fang wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
> > Sent: 2024年9月23日 13:03
> > To: Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com>
> > Cc: davem@davemloft.net; edumazet@google.com; kuba@kernel.org;
> > pabeni@redhat.com; Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@nxp.com>; Vladimir
> > Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>; ast@kernel.org; daniel@iogearbox.net;
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: enetc: remove xdp_drops statistic from
> > enetc_xdp_drop()
> > 
> > On 2024-09-19 at 14:11:02, Wei Fang (wei.fang@nxp.com) wrote:
> > > The xdp_drops statistic indicates the number of XDP frames dropped in
> > > the Rx direction. However, enetc_xdp_drop() is also used in XDP_TX and
> > > XDP_REDIRECT actions. If frame loss occurs in these two actions, the
> > > frames loss count should not be included in xdp_drops, because there
> > > are already xdp_tx_drops and xdp_redirect_failures to count the frame
> > > loss of these two actions, so it's better to remove xdp_drops statistic
> > > from enetc_xdp_drop() and increase xdp_drops in XDP_DROP action.
> > nit: s/xdp_drops/xdp_rx_drops would be appropriate as you have
> > xdp_tx_drops and
> > xdp_redirect_failures.
> 
> Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean.

I don't understand what he means either. I guess he didn't realize you
aren't proposing any new name, just working with existing concepts in
the driver. Anyway, an ack about this from Ratheesh would be great, to
not leave us hanging.