rtl8169_get_stats seems to be adding random crap to rx_missed_errors count

From: Alex Bennee
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 12:53:44 EST


Hi,

I've been seeing odd behaviour in the ifconfig output for my rtl8169
based network device. The ifconfig output had a very high number of
dropped packets in the display which changed massively every time I
checked. I tracked it down to /proc/net/dev and the a few test patches
it seems the rc_missed field is the culprit. I did a test patch of the
form:

+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -3062,10 +3062,16 @@ static struct net_device_stats
*rtl8169_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
unsigned long flags;

if (netif_running(dev)) {
+ u32 missed;
spin_lock_irqsave(&tp->lock, flags);
- dev->stats.rx_missed_errors += RTL_R32(RxMissed);
+ missed = RTL_R32(RxMissed);
RTL_W32(RxMissed, 0);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tp->lock, flags);
+
+ dev->stats.rx_missed_errors += missed;
+ if (missed)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "rtl8169_get_stats added %d
to missed count\n", missed);
+
}

return &dev->stats;

And low and behold I see this behaviour:

[ 946.160188] rtl8169_get_stats added 250834943 to missed count
[ 946.160354] rtl8169_get_stats added 20768 to missed count
[ 946.160411] rtl8169_get_stats added 7032 to missed count
[ 946.160425] rtl8169_get_stats added 1677 to missed count
[ 946.160439] rtl8169_get_stats added 1577 to missed count
[ 946.160452] rtl8169_get_stats added 1543 to missed count
[ 946.160465] rtl8169_get_stats added 1517 to missed count
[ 946.160479] rtl8169_get_stats added 1572 to missed count
[ 946.160492] rtl8169_get_stats added 1586 to missed count
[ 946.160504] rtl8169_get_stats added 1284 to missed count
[ 948.164206] rtl8169_get_stats added 250864594 to missed count
[ 948.164374] rtl8169_get_stats added 21004 to missed count
[ 948.164434] rtl8169_get_stats added 7385 to missed count
[ 948.164447] rtl8169_get_stats added 1631 to missed count
[ 948.164461] rtl8169_get_stats added 1574 to missed count
[ 948.164475] rtl8169_get_stats added 1645 to missed count
[ 948.164489] rtl8169_get_stats added 1583 to missed count
[ 948.164503] rtl8169_get_stats added 1561 to missed count
[ 948.164523] rtl8169_get_stats added 2314 to missed count
[ 948.164534] rtl8169_get_stats added 1300 to missed count
[ 950.168182] rtl8169_get_stats added 250857857 to missed count
[ 950.168345] rtl8169_get_stats added 20465 to missed count
[ 950.168401] rtl8169_get_stats added 6903 to missed count
[ 950.168416] rtl8169_get_stats added 1711 to missed count
[ 950.168430] rtl8169_get_stats added 1585 to missed count
[ 950.168443] rtl8169_get_stats added 1532 to missed count
[ 950.168456] rtl8169_get_stats added 1520 to missed count
[ 950.168469] rtl8169_get_stats added 1539 to missed count
[ 950.168483] rtl8169_get_stats added 1588 to missed count
[ 950.168494] rtl8169_get_stats added 1282 to missed count

It looks very much like the number being read is a decreasing counter
rather than anything else.

Has anyone got a copy of the data sheet and can confirm that:

RxMissed = 0x4c,

is the correct offset for the register and it doesn't need any special
handling to be read?




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