check一下代码的改动记录,不难发现从2.6.37内核开始,该部分进行了改动 commit caf586e5f23cebb2a68cbaf288d59dbbf2d74052
Author: Eric Dumazet
Date: Thu Sep 30 21:06:55 2010 +0000 net: add a core netdev->rx_dropped counter
In various situations, a device provides a packet to our stack and we
drop it before it enters protocol stack :
- softnet backlog full (accounted in /proc/net/softnet_stat)
- bad vlan tag (not accounted)
- unknown/unregistered protocol (not accounted)
We can handle a per-device counter of such dropped frames at core level,
and automatically adds it to the device provided stats (rx_dropped), so
that standard tools can be used (ifconfig, ip link, cat /proc/net/dev)
This is a generalization of commit 8990f468a (net: rx_dropped
accounting), thus reverting it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller