[PATCH v1 1/2] can: do not increase rx statistics when receiving CAN error frames

[Oliver Hartkopp]

On 23.11.21 12:53, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> CAN error skb is an interface specific to socket CAN. The CAN error
> skb does not correspond to any actual CAN frame sent on the wire. Only
> an error flag and a delimiter are transmitted when an error occurs
> (c.f. ISO 11898-1 section 10.4.4.2 "Error flag").
> 
> For this reason, it makes no sense to increment the rx_packets and
> rx_bytes fields of struct net_device_stats because no actual payload
> were transmitted on the wire.
> 

(..)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/rx-offload.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/rx-offload.c
> index 37b0cc65237b..bb47e9a49240 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/dev/rx-offload.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/rx-offload.c
> @@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ static int can_rx_offload_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
>   		struct can_frame *cf = (struct can_frame *)skb->data;
>   
>   		work_done++;
> -		stats->rx_packets++;
> -		stats->rx_bytes += cf->len;
> +		if (!(cf->can_id & CAN_ERR_MASK)) {

This looks wrong.

Did you think of CAN_ERR_FLAG ??


> +			stats->rx_packets++;
> +			stats->rx_bytes += cf->len;
> +		}
>   		netif_receive_skb(skb);

(..)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
> index 1679cbe45ded..d582c39fc8d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
> @@ -621,8 +621,10 @@ static void ucan_rx_can_msg(struct ucan_priv *up, struct ucan_message_in *m)
>   		memcpy(cf->data, m->msg.can_msg.data, cf->len);
>   
>   	/* don't count error frames as real packets */
> -	stats->rx_packets++;
> -	stats->rx_bytes += cf->len;
> +	if (!(cf->can_id & CAN_ERR_FLAG)) {

Ah, here we are :-)

> +		stats->rx_packets++;
> +		stats->rx_bytes += cf->len;
> +	}