vlans + traffic == ifi_noproto counter increasing

[erikarn]

When doing VLAN interception, I've noticed that the noprotocol ifnet counter is increasing. What's going on?

[root@darkwatch2] /data/libuinet/sys/net# printf "stats_all\nquit\n" | talkblockd.sh | grep netmap net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_ipackets: <Counter64> 247614 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_ierrors: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_opackets: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_oerrors: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_collisions: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_ibytes: <Counter64> 144801528 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_obytes: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_imcasts: <Counter64> 5748 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_omcasts: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_iqdrops: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_noproto: <Counter64> 247612 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_hwassist: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_epoch: <Counter64> 1 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_icopies: <Counter64> 247614 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_izcopies: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_ocopies: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap0.ifi_ozcopies: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_ipackets: <Counter64> 247614 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_ierrors: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_opackets: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_oerrors: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_collisions: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_ibytes: <Counter64> 144801528 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_obytes: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_imcasts: <Counter64> 5748 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_omcasts: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_iqdrops: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_noproto: <Counter64> 247612 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_hwassist: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_epoch: <Counter64> 1 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_icopies: <Counter64> 247614 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_izcopies: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_ocopies: <Counter64> 0 net.libuinet.netif_stats.netmap1.ifi_ozcopies: <Counter64> 0 [root@darkwatch2] /data/libuinet/sys/net#