Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: report persistent netdev stats across ifdown/ifup commands

[Saeed Mahameed]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Qing Huang <qing.huang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Current stats collecting scheme in mlx5 driver is to periodically fetch
> aggregated stats from all the active mlx5 software channels associated
> with the device. However when a mlx5 interface is brought down(ifdown),
> all the channels will be deactivated and closed. A new set of channels
> will be created when next ifup command or a similar command is called.
> Unfortunately the new channels will have all stats reset to 0. So you
> lose the accumulated stats information. This behavior is different from
> other netdev drivers including the mlx4 driver. In order to fix it, we
> now save prior mlx5 software stats into netdev stats fields, so all the
> accumulated stats will survive multiple runs of ifdown/ifup commands and
> be shown correctly.
>
> Orabug: 27548610
>
> Signed-off-by: Qing Huang <qing.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Hi Qing,

I am adding Eran since he is currently working on a similar patch,
He is also taking care of all cores/rings stats to make them
persistent, so you won't have discrepancy  between
ethtool and ifconfig stats.

I am ok with this patch, but this means Eran has to work his way around it.

so we have two options:

1. Temporary accept this patch, and change it later with Eran's work.
2. Wait for Eran's work.

I am ok with either one of them, please let me know.

Thanks !


>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> index f1fe490..5d50e69 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
> @@ -2621,6 +2621,23 @@ static void mlx5e_netdev_set_tcs(struct net_device *netdev)
>                 netdev_set_tc_queue(netdev, tc, nch, 0);
>  }
>
> +static void mlx5e_netdev_save_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
> +{
> +       struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev;
> +
> +       netdev->stats.rx_packets += priv->stats.sw.rx_packets;
> +       netdev->stats.rx_bytes   += priv->stats.sw.rx_bytes;
> +       netdev->stats.tx_packets += priv->stats.sw.tx_packets;
> +       netdev->stats.tx_bytes   += priv->stats.sw.tx_bytes;
> +       netdev->stats.tx_dropped += priv->stats.sw.tx_queue_dropped;
> +
> +       priv->stats.sw.rx_packets       = 0;
> +       priv->stats.sw.rx_bytes         = 0;
> +       priv->stats.sw.tx_packets       = 0;
> +       priv->stats.sw.tx_bytes         = 0;
> +       priv->stats.sw.tx_queue_dropped = 0;
> +}
> +

This means that we are now explicitly clearing channels stats on
ifconfig down or switch_channels.
and now after ifconfing down, ethtool will always show 0, before this
patch it didn't.
Anyway update sw stats function will always override them with the new
channels stats next time we load new channels.
so it is not that big of a deal.


>  static void mlx5e_build_channels_tx_maps(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
>  {
>         struct mlx5e_channel *c;
> @@ -2691,6 +2708,7 @@ void mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
>                 netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(netdev, new_num_txqs);
>
>         mlx5e_deactivate_priv_channels(priv);
> +       mlx5e_netdev_save_stats(priv);
>         mlx5e_close_channels(&priv->channels);
>
>         priv->channels = *new_chs;
> @@ -2770,6 +2788,7 @@ int mlx5e_close_locked(struct net_device *netdev)
>
>         netif_carrier_off(priv->netdev);
>         mlx5e_deactivate_priv_channels(priv);
> +       mlx5e_netdev_save_stats(priv);
>         mlx5e_close_channels(&priv->channels);
>
>         return 0;
> @@ -3215,11 +3234,12 @@ static int mlx5e_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
>                 stats->tx_packets = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_frames_transmitted_ok);
>                 stats->tx_bytes   = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_octets_transmitted_ok);
>         } else {
> -               stats->rx_packets = sstats->rx_packets;
> -               stats->rx_bytes   = sstats->rx_bytes;
> -               stats->tx_packets = sstats->tx_packets;
> -               stats->tx_bytes   = sstats->tx_bytes;
> -               stats->tx_dropped = sstats->tx_queue_dropped;
> +               stats->rx_packets = sstats->rx_packets + dev->stats.rx_packets;
> +               stats->rx_bytes   = sstats->rx_bytes + dev->stats.rx_bytes;
> +               stats->tx_packets = sstats->tx_packets + dev->stats.tx_packets;
> +               stats->tx_bytes   = sstats->tx_bytes + dev->stats.tx_bytes;
> +               stats->tx_dropped = sstats->tx_queue_dropped +
> +                                   dev->stats.tx_dropped;
>         }
>
>         stats->rx_dropped = priv->stats.qcnt.rx_out_of_buffer;
> --
> 1.8.3.1
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