Re: [PATCH] net/core: Export dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc sets

[Alexander Lobakin]

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:28:50 +0200

> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 7:16 PM Alexander Lobakin
> <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:04:44 +0200
>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 5:58 PM Alexander Lobakin
>>> <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:23:24 +0200
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 10:20 AM Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although there is a kfree_skb_reason() helper function that can be used
>>>>>> to find the reason for dropped packets, but most callers didn't increase
>>>>>> one of rx_dropped, tx_dropped, rx_nohandler and rx_otherhost_dropped.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_stats_to_stats64);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device *dev)
>>>>>> +static struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device *dev)
>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>         struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @@ -10488,7 +10488,33 @@ struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device
>>>>>>         /* This READ_ONCE() pairs with the cmpxchg() above */
>>>>>>         return READ_ONCE(dev->core_stats);
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_core_stats_alloc);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +static inline struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *dev_core_stats(struct net_device *dev)
>>>>>
>>>>> Please remove this inline attritbute. Consider using __cold instead.
>>>>
>>>> __cold? O_o I thought the author's inlining it as it's a couple
>>>> locs/intstructions, while the compilers would most likely keep it
>>>> non-inlined as it's referenced 4 times. __cold will for sure keep it
>>>> standalone and place it in .text.cold, i.e. far away from the call sites.
>>>> I realize dev_core_stats_*() aren't called frequently, but why making
>>>> only one small helper cold rather than all of them then?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This helper is used at least one time per netdevice lifetime.
>>> This is definitely cold.
>>
>> But then each dev_stats_*_inc() (not cold) has to call it from a
>> completely different piece of .text far from their. I either don't
>> understand the idea or dunno. Why not make them cold as well then?
>>
> 
> The __cold attribute is only applied to the helper _allocating_ the
> memory, once.

Then it should be applied to netdev_core_stats_alloc(), not
dev_core_stats(). The latter only dereferences the already existing
pointer or calls the former, which actually does the allocation.
That's why I don't get why make one if/else non-inline or even cold.

> 
> Not on the functions actually incrementing the stats.
> 
> There are situations where they can be called thousands/millions of
> times per second (incast flood).
> If this situation happens, the _allocation_ still happens once.

Correct, but dev_core_stats() will be called the same millions of times
per second, see above. It's called unconditionally each increment.

So seems like I got the idea of .cold correctly, but you were referring
to the wrong function.

> 
> 
> 
>>> Forcing an inline makes no sense, this would duplicate the code four times,
>>> for absolutely no gain.
>>
>> I'd love to see bloat-o-meter numbers, I suspect we're talking about
>> 20-30 bytes.
>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +       /* This READ_ONCE() pairs with the write in netdev_core_stats_alloc() */
>>>>>> +       struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p = READ_ONCE(dev->core_stats);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +       if (likely(p))
>>>>>> +               return p;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +       return netdev_core_stats_alloc(dev);
>>>>>> +}
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Olek
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Olek

Thanks,
Olek