ixgbe: add statistic indicating number of skipped Tx timestamps

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The ixgbe driver can only handle one Tx timestamp request at a time.
This means it is possible for an application timestamp request to be
ignored.

There is no easy way for an administrator to determine if this occurred.
Add a new statistic which tracks this, tx_hwtstamp_skipped.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

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Jacob Keller 2017-05-03 10:29:00 -07:00 • committed by Jeff Kirsher

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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h

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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

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