Bug 1040100

Summary: /sbin/ip -s link does not show the dropped packet total on RHEL 5
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Andrew Riell <ariell>
Component: iprouteAssignee: Petr Šabata <psabata>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
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Version: 5.9CC: ariell, dspurek, karlamrhein, ktoyama
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Description Andrew Riell 2013-12-10 17:25:20 UTC 
Description of problem:
/sbin/ip -s link does not show the dropped packet total on rhel 5.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
/sbin/ip -s link

Steps to Reproduce:
To duplicate the bug.

1. Check the kernel proc file to look for dropped packets

cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo:458944591716 3407767128 0 0 0 0 0 0 458944591716 3407767128 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1:4093024661578 3489140093 0 25783 0 0 0 1 2045419829077 2438587626 0 0 0 0 0 0
sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2. /sbin/ip -s link

eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:19:b9:ea:c2:e3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast
4222345286 3489147472 0 0 0 1
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
1015798144 2438592446 0 0 0 0

Actual results:
/sbin/ip -s link 
shows zero for dropped packets

Expected results:
should show dropped packets that cat /proc/net/dev does

Additional info:
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2014-02-25 00:11:04 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 12:18:43 UTC 
Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in the  last planned RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX. To request that Red Hat re-consider this request, please re-open the bugzilla via  appropriate support channels and provide additional business and/or technical details about its importance to you.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2014-06-02 13:23:56 UTC 
Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in RHEL5 stream. If the issue is critical for your business, please provide additional business justification through the appropriate support channels (https://access.redhat.com/site/support).
Comment 5 Andrew Riell 2014-06-23 13:09:14 UTC 
Thanks for your efforts.

Andrew Riell