RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 iwl-next 2/2] igbvf: remove redundant counter rx_long_byte_count from ethtool statistics

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Tue Aug 19 2025 - 04:19:40 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> Of Kohei Enju
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 5:18 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo
> Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; kohei.enju@xxxxxxxxx; Kohei Enju
> <enjuk@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 iwl-next 2/2] igbvf: remove
> redundant counter rx_long_byte_count from ethtool statistics
>
> rx_long_byte_count shows the value of the GORC (Good Octets Received
> Count) register. However, the register value is already shown as
> rx_bytes and they always show the same value.
>
> Remove rx_long_byte_count as the Intel ethernet driver e1000e did in
> commit 0a939912cf9c ("e1000e: cleanup redundant statistics counter").
>
> Tested on Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection.
>
> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <enjuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
> index c6defc495f13..9c08ebfad804 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/ethtool.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static const struct igbvf_stats
> igbvf_gstrings_stats[] = {
> { "lbtx_bytes", IGBVF_STAT(stats.gotlbc, stats.base_gotlbc) },
> { "tx_restart_queue", IGBVF_STAT(restart_queue, zero_base) },
> { "tx_timeout_count", IGBVF_STAT(tx_timeout_count, zero_base)
> },
> - { "rx_long_byte_count", IGBVF_STAT(stats.gorc, stats.base_gorc)
> },
> { "rx_csum_offload_good", IGBVF_STAT(hw_csum_good, zero_base)
> },
> { "rx_csum_offload_errors", IGBVF_STAT(hw_csum_err, zero_base)
> },
> { "rx_header_split", IGBVF_STAT(rx_hdr_split, zero_base) },
> --
> 2.48.1