Re: [PATCH net 0/4] net: add rx_unhandled stat counter

[Eric Dumazet]

On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 15:21 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index 289c231..7973ab5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct net_device_stats {
>  	unsigned long	tx_window_errors;
>  	unsigned long	rx_compressed;
>  	unsigned long	tx_compressed;
> +	unsigned long	rx_unhandled;
>  };
>  

This structure is deprecated, please do not add new fields in it,
as it will increase netlink answers for no good reason.

rtnl_link_stats64 is what really matters these days.