Re: [PATCH net-next] net-sysfs: display two backlog queue len separately

[Eric Dumazet]

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 7:18 AM Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sometimes we need to know which one of backlog queue can be exactly
> long enough to cause some latency when debugging this part is needed.
> Thus, we can then separate the display of both.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/core/net-procfs.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/net-procfs.c b/net/core/net-procfs.c
> index 1ec23bf8b05c..97a304e1957a 100644
> --- a/net/core/net-procfs.c
> +++ b/net/core/net-procfs.c
> @@ -115,10 +115,14 @@ static int dev_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static u32 softnet_backlog_len(struct softnet_data *sd)
> +static u32 softnet_input_pkt_queue_len(struct softnet_data *sd)
>  {
> -       return skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->input_pkt_queue) +
> -              skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
> +       return skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
> +}
> +
> +static u32 softnet_process_queue_len(struct softnet_data *sd)
> +{
> +       return skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
>  }
>
>  static struct softnet_data *softnet_get_online(loff_t *pos)
> @@ -169,12 +173,15 @@ static int softnet_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
>          * mapping the data a specific CPU
>          */
>         seq_printf(seq,
> -                  "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
> +                  "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x "
> +                  "%08x %08x\n",
>                    sd->processed, sd->dropped, sd->time_squeeze, 0,
>                    0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
>                    0,   /* was cpu_collision */
>                    sd->received_rps, flow_limit_count,
> -                  softnet_backlog_len(sd), (int)seq->index);
> +                  0,   /* was len of two backlog queues */

You can not pretend the sum is zero, some user space tools out there
would be fooled.

> +                  (int)seq->index,
> +                  softnet_input_pkt_queue_len(sd), softnet_process_queue_len(sd));
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.37.3
>

In general I would prefer we no longer change this file.

Perhaps add a tracepoint instead ?