From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25F0537A4AE; Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:26:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770647179; cv=none; b=YI/Q38NEWU5Hefbn19kxsFgoeKCG6VFPwUl56BaFBrlIqxW1Adpp9g+KDPPtkyPwPkfePwuCDHSgBtnHaI8AQk71qmTEZ9RWd9Nf8ZNhTzAJ/2RLkrGoe8vcnxN+PggNVD+jlmqbcn47Ovt1ql4E/3OcWHbv8tJlsxgPnvGFcAE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770647179; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cak0nTH1+eq2xZq9xZRq//pCnrOA7ayXqreKzhVOFpg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=mdelbtoDh5jV2SI7kfD7b+aixAAhT+m0rKhcSi13umNW4c13KFLidarUVic0mt/b+/43yNV9a5+ktMECHTVuKnu3G1zN+1wF2pQxfCLK6dWsHflUB9Rn79kQj9qFjnYyfGWbz7vDaKUW7VUyi6mPkD/ZLRmYyEtQT9NfKd9x8Ts= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=h6MX1HvI; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="h6MX1HvI" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2DB6FC16AAE; Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:26:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1770647178; bh=cak0nTH1+eq2xZq9xZRq//pCnrOA7ayXqreKzhVOFpg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=h6MX1HvIWTwxaB99HN3tpfDupCygH8wRVtmKK7fJB0xaDm1tqWiQakzxw6w0vZR2r PfXLDvHkbDnHIGmHIbFfxf9EFTdC6cSjj/WzM1ep+OenBPuVV2awJv+wDh42OOCgiV jQ1/JxuPheFd0GWSbtrN16B11RZ4L34yLsqRsByA= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Max Yuan , Jordan Rhee , Joshua Washington , Matt Olson , Harshitha Ramamurthy , Jacob Keller , Jakub Kicinski Subject: [PATCH 6.18 023/175] gve: Correct ethtool rx_dropped calculation Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:21:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20260209142321.313627118@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260209142320.474120190@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260209142320.474120190@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Max Yuan commit c7db85d579a1dccb624235534508c75fbf2dfe46 upstream. The gve driver's "rx_dropped" statistic, exposed via `ethtool -S`, incorrectly includes `rx_buf_alloc_fail` counts. These failures represent an inability to allocate receive buffers, not true packet drops where a received packet is discarded. This misrepresentation can lead to inaccurate diagnostics. This patch rectifies the ethtool "rx_dropped" calculation. It removes `rx_buf_alloc_fail` from the total and adds `xdp_tx_errors` and `xdp_redirect_errors`, which represent legitimate packet drops within the XDP path. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 433e274b8f7b ("gve: Add stats for gve.") Signed-off-by: Max Yuan Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee Reviewed-by: Joshua Washington Reviewed-by: Matt Olson Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260202193925.3106272-3-hramamurthy@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c @@ -152,10 +152,11 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device u64 tmp_rx_pkts, tmp_rx_hsplit_pkt, tmp_rx_bytes, tmp_rx_hsplit_bytes, tmp_rx_skb_alloc_fail, tmp_rx_buf_alloc_fail, tmp_rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt, tmp_rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt, - tmp_tx_pkts, tmp_tx_bytes; + tmp_tx_pkts, tmp_tx_bytes, + tmp_xdp_tx_errors, tmp_xdp_redirect_errors; u64 rx_buf_alloc_fail, rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt, rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt, rx_pkts, rx_hsplit_pkt, rx_skb_alloc_fail, rx_bytes, tx_pkts, tx_bytes, - tx_dropped; + tx_dropped, xdp_tx_errors, xdp_redirect_errors; int rx_base_stats_idx, max_rx_stats_idx, max_tx_stats_idx; int stats_idx, stats_region_len, nic_stats_len; struct stats *report_stats; @@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device for (rx_pkts = 0, rx_bytes = 0, rx_hsplit_pkt = 0, rx_skb_alloc_fail = 0, rx_buf_alloc_fail = 0, rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt = 0, rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt = 0, + xdp_tx_errors = 0, xdp_redirect_errors = 0, ring = 0; ring < priv->rx_cfg.num_queues; ring++) { if (priv->rx) { @@ -216,6 +218,9 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device rx->rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt; tmp_rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt = rx->rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt; + tmp_xdp_tx_errors = rx->xdp_tx_errors; + tmp_xdp_redirect_errors = + rx->xdp_redirect_errors; } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry(&priv->rx[ring].statss, start)); rx_pkts += tmp_rx_pkts; @@ -225,6 +230,8 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device rx_buf_alloc_fail += tmp_rx_buf_alloc_fail; rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt += tmp_rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt; rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt += tmp_rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt; + xdp_tx_errors += tmp_xdp_tx_errors; + xdp_redirect_errors += tmp_xdp_redirect_errors; } } for (tx_pkts = 0, tx_bytes = 0, tx_dropped = 0, ring = 0; @@ -250,8 +257,8 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device data[i++] = rx_bytes; data[i++] = tx_bytes; /* total rx dropped packets */ - data[i++] = rx_skb_alloc_fail + rx_buf_alloc_fail + - rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt; + data[i++] = rx_skb_alloc_fail + rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt + + xdp_tx_errors + xdp_redirect_errors; data[i++] = tx_dropped; data[i++] = priv->tx_timeo_cnt; data[i++] = rx_skb_alloc_fail; @@ -330,6 +337,9 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device tmp_rx_buf_alloc_fail = rx->rx_buf_alloc_fail; tmp_rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt = rx->rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt; + tmp_xdp_tx_errors = rx->xdp_tx_errors; + tmp_xdp_redirect_errors = + rx->xdp_redirect_errors; } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry(&priv->rx[ring].statss, start)); data[i++] = tmp_rx_bytes; @@ -340,8 +350,9 @@ gve_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device data[i++] = rx->rx_frag_alloc_cnt; /* rx dropped packets */ data[i++] = tmp_rx_skb_alloc_fail + - tmp_rx_buf_alloc_fail + - tmp_rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt; + tmp_rx_desc_err_dropped_pkt + + tmp_xdp_tx_errors + + tmp_xdp_redirect_errors; data[i++] = rx->rx_copybreak_pkt; data[i++] = rx->rx_copied_pkt; /* stats from NIC */