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    NIU: Implement discard counters · b8a606b8
    Jesper Dangaard Brouer authored
    Implementing discard counters for the NIU driver turned out to be more
    complicated than first assumed.
    
    The discard counters for the NIU neptune chip are only 16-bit (even
    though this is a 64-bit chip).  These 16-bit counters can overflow
    quickly, especially considering this is a 10Gbit/s ethernet card.
    
    The overflow indication bit is, unfortunatly, not usable as the
    counter value does not wrap, but remains at max value 0xFFFF.
    Resulting in lost counts until the counter is reset.
    
    The read and reset scheme also poses a problem. Both in theory and in
    practice counters can be lost in between reading nr64() and clearing
    the counter nw64().  For this reason, the number of counter clearings
    nw64() is limited/reduced.  On the fast-path the counters are only
    syncronized once it exceeds 0x7FFF.  When read by userspace, its
    syncronized fully.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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