[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] ethdev: stop overriding rx_nombuf by rte_eth_stats_get

[Thomas Monjalon]

23/08/2017 04:55, David Harton:
> rte_eth_stats_get() unconditonally would set rx_nombuf
> even if the device was setting the value.  A check has
> been added in rte_eth_stats_get() to leave the device
> value in-tact when non-zero.

If we get this counter from stats->rx_nombuf, why keeping
dev->data->rx_mbuf_alloc_failed ?
We could rework other PMDs to not use this global variable.
It is inconsistent to use it for some PMDs but not all.
And it seems not used outside of PMDs.