From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:45:44 -0700
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
>
> Some device drivers reset their stats at down/up events, possibly
> fooling bonding stats, since they operate with relative deltas.
>
> It is nearly not possible to fix drivers, since some of them compute the
> tx/rx counters based on per rx/tx queue stats, and the queues can be
> reconfigured (ethtool -L) between the down/up sequence.
>
> Lets avoid accumulating 'negative' values that render bonding stats
> useless.
>
> It is better to lose small deltas, assuming the bonding stats are
> fetched at a reasonable frequency.
>
> Fixes: 5f0c5f73e5ef ("bonding: make global bonding stats more reliable")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Applied, thanks Eric.
