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-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index 874cc12a34d9..82708c6db432 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h @@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats { * * @rx_dropped: Number of packets received but not processed, * e.g. due to lack of resources or unsupported protocol. - * For hardware interfaces this counter should not include packets - * dropped by the device which are counted separately in + * For hardware interfaces this counter may include packets discarded + * due to L2 address filtering but should not include packets dropped + * by the device due to buffer exhaustion which are counted separately in * @rx_missed_errors (since procfs folds those two counters together). * * @tx_dropped: Number of packets dropped on their way to transmission, |