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net-core: rx_otherhost_dropped to core_stats

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Increment rx_otherhost_dropped counter when packet dropped due to
mismatched dest MAC addr.

An example when this drop can occur is when manually crafting raw
packets that will be consumed by a user space application via a tap
device. For testing purposes local traffic was generated using trafgen
for the client and netcat to start a server

Tested: Created 2 netns, sent 1 packet using trafgen from 1 to the other
with "{eth(daddr=$INCORRECT_MAC...}", verified that iproute2 showed the
counter was incremented. (Also had to modify iproute2 to show the stat,
additional patch for that coming next.)

Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Ji <jeffreyji@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220406172600.1141083-1-jeffreyjilinux@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Jeffrey Ji
2022-04-06 17:26:00 +00:00
committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 4d242a190f
commit 794c24e992
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@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats {
* @rx_nohandler: Number of packets received on the interface
* but dropped by the networking stack because the device is
* not designated to receive packets (e.g. backup link in a bond).
*
* @rx_otherhost_dropped: Number of packets dropped due to mismatch
* in destination MAC address.
*/
struct rtnl_link_stats64 {
__u64 rx_packets;
@@ -243,6 +246,8 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats64 {
__u64 rx_compressed;
__u64 tx_compressed;
__u64 rx_nohandler;
__u64 rx_otherhost_dropped;
};
/* Subset of link stats useful for in-HW collection. Meaning of the fields is as