Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:29:24 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net-core: add InMacErrors counter |
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:13:12 -0800 Brian Vazquez wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 7:41 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:03:01 +0000 Jeffrey Ji wrote: > > > From: jeffreyji <jeffreyji@google.com> > > > > > > Increment InMacErrors counter when packet dropped due to incorrect dest > > > MAC addr. > > > > > > example output from nstat: > > > \~# nstat -z "*InMac*" > > > \#kernel > > > Ip6InMacErrors 0 0.0 > > > IpExtInMacErrors 1 0.0 > > > > > > Tested: Created 2 netns, sent 1 packet using trafgen from 1 to the other > > > with "{eth(daddr=$INCORRECT_MAC...}", verified that nstat showed the > > > counter was incremented. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: jeffreyji <jeffreyji@google.com> > > > > How about we use the new kfree_skb_reason() instead to avoid allocating > > per-netns memory the stats? > > I'm not too familiar with the new kfree_skb_reason , but my > understanding is that it needs either the drop_monitor or ebpf to get > the reason from the tracepoint, right? This is not too different from > using perf tool to find where the pkt is being dropped. > > The idea here was to have a high level metric that is easier to find > for users that have less expertise on using more advance tools.
That much it's understood, but it's a trade off. This drop point existed for 20 years, why do we need to consume extra memory now?
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