I am too busy to setup a reasonable good test for this, but surely someone
else can validate it for me.  Patch against 2.6.25
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Subject: bridge: network device statistics changes
Use internal network device stats structure.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at vyatta.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_device.c  |   11 ++---------
 net/bridge/br_forward.c |    2 +-
 net/bridge/br_input.c   |    9 +++++----
 net/bridge/br_private.h |    1 -
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c	2008-04-29 09:07:44.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c	2008-04-29 09:09:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "br_private.h"
 
-static struct net_device_stats *br_dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
-	return &br->statistics;
-}
-
 /* net device transmit always called with no BH (preempt_disabled) */
 int br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -34,8 +28,8 @@ int br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, str
 	const unsigned char *dest = skb->data;
 	struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *dst;
 
-	br->statistics.tx_packets++;
-	br->statistics.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
@@ -161,7 +155,6 @@ void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev
 	ether_setup(dev);
 
 	dev->do_ioctl = br_dev_ioctl;
-	dev->get_stats = br_dev_get_stats;
 	dev->hard_start_xmit = br_dev_xmit;
 	dev->open = br_dev_open;
 	dev->set_multicast_list = br_dev_set_multicast_list;
--- a/net/bridge/br_forward.c	2008-04-29 09:07:44.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_forward.c	2008-04-29 09:09:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void br_flood(struct net_bridge *
 				struct sk_buff *skb2;
 
 				if ((skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
-					br->statistics.tx_dropped++;
+					br->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 					kfree_skb(skb);
 					return;
 				}
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c	2008-04-29 09:07:44.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c	2008-04-29 09:15:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ const u8 br_group_address[ETH_ALEN] = { 
 static void br_pass_frame_up(struct net_bridge *br, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net_device *indev;
+	struct net_device *brdev = br->dev;
 
-	br->statistics.rx_packets++;
-	br->statistics.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	brdev->stats.rx_packets++;
+	brdev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 
 	indev = skb->dev;
-	skb->dev = br->dev;
+	skb->dev = brdev;
 
 	NF_HOOK(PF_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, indev, NULL,
 		netif_receive_skb);
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buf
 	dst = NULL;
 
 	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(dest)) {
-		br->statistics.multicast++;
+		br->dev->stats.multicast++;
 		skb2 = skb;
 	} else if ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest)) && dst->is_local) {
 		skb2 = skb;
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h	2008-04-29 09:07:44.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h	2008-04-29 09:09:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ struct net_bridge
 	spinlock_t			lock;
 	struct list_head		port_list;
 	struct net_device		*dev;
-	struct net_device_stats		statistics;
 	spinlock_t			hash_lock;
 	struct hlist_head		hash[BR_HASH_SIZE];
 	struct list_head		age_list;
Stephen Hemminger
2008-Apr-29  17:06 UTC
[Bridge] [RFT 2/2] bridge: network device statistics changes
The other untested patch for 2.6.25
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Keep track of dropped frames in bridge.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at vyatta.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_forward.c |   30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 net/bridge/br_input.c   |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/net/bridge/br_forward.c	2008-04-29 09:09:01.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_forward.c	2008-04-29 09:16:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -34,20 +34,28 @@ static inline unsigned packet_length(con
 
 int br_dev_queue_push_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	struct net_bridge_port *p;
+
 	/* drop mtu oversized packets except gso */
-	if (packet_length(skb) > skb->dev->mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb))
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-	else {
-		/* ip_refrag calls ip_fragment, doesn't copy the MAC header. */
-		if (nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(skb))
-			kfree_skb(skb);
-		else {
-			skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	if (packet_length(skb) > dev->mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb))
+		goto drop;
 
-			dev_queue_xmit(skb);
-		}
-	}
+	/* ip_refrag calls ip_fragment, doesn't copy the MAC header. */
+	if (nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(skb))
+		goto drop;
+
+	skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
+	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+	return 0;
+
+drop:
+	p = rcu_dereference(dev->br_port);
+	if (p && p->br)
+		p->br->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 }
 
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c	2008-04-29 09:15:56.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c	2008-04-29 09:25:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buf
 out:
 	return 0;
 drop:
+	if (p && p->br)
+		p->br->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct n
 		break;
 	default:
 drop:
+		p->br->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 	return NULL;