Re: [PATCH] net: igb: expose rx_dropped via ethtool -S

[Ranganath V N <vnranganath.20@gmail.com>]

>> On 28/08/2025 12:42, Ranganath V N wrote:
>> Currently the igb driver does not reports RX dropped
>> packets in the ethtool -S statistics output, even though
>> this information is already available in struct
>> rtnl_link_stats64.
>> 
>> This patch adds rx_dropped, so users can monitor dropped
>> packet counts directly with ethtool.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ranganath V N <vnranganath.20@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
>> index 92ef33459aec..3c6289e80ba0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
>> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static const struct igb_stats igb_gstrings_stats[] = {
>>   }
>>   static const struct igb_stats igb_gstrings_net_stats[] = {
>>   	IGB_NETDEV_STAT(rx_errors),
>> +	IGB_NETDEV_STAT(rx_dropped),
>>   	IGB_NETDEV_STAT(tx_errors),
>>   	IGB_NETDEV_STAT(tx_dropped),
>>   	IGB_NETDEV_STAT(rx_length_errors),

> This stat is never used in the igb driver, what's the benefit of
> constant 0 value in the output?

Hi,
I initially proposed exposing it, but after reviewing 
the driver, I realized that stats.rx_dropped is never 
updated in igb. Exposing it would always show 0.

Ixgbe behaves the same: the counter is present 
but never incremented.But this patch wouldn't provide meaningful data.

Thanks again for your guidance.

Ranganath