[PATCH net 1/2] net: ntb_netdev: Avoid double-accounting netif_rx() drops

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 13:42:53 EST


netif_rx() already accounts packets it drops in the core rx_dropped
counter. ntb_netdev counts them again as both errors and drops.

Leave netif_rx() drops to the core. Count the packet and bytes
unconditionally since it was received successfully by the driver.

Fixes: 548c237c0a99 ("net: Add support for NTB virtual ethernet device")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c
index 029a4a532a10..4e53b00f016b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c
@@ -155,13 +155,9 @@ static void ntb_netdev_rx_handler(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp, void *qp_data,
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
skb_record_rx_queue(skb, q->qid);

- if (netif_rx(skb) == NET_RX_DROP) {
- ndev->stats.rx_errors++;
- ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
- } else {
- ndev->stats.rx_packets++;
- ndev->stats.rx_bytes += len;
- }
+ netif_rx(skb);
+ ndev->stats.rx_packets++;
+ ndev->stats.rx_bytes += len;

skb = new_skb;

--
2.51.0