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

[Eric Dumazet]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:03 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sure, this was what was suggested (perhaps not _very_ precisely, but
> the general idea was pretty clear).
> v2 seems ok, right ?
>
> It seems we are all on the same page.
>
> +static __cold struct net_device_core_stats __percpu
> *dev_core_stats(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> +       /* 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);
> +}
> +
> +#define DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(FIELD)                              \
> +void dev_core_stats_##FIELD##_inc(struct net_device *dev)      \
> +{                                                              \
> +       struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p;               \
> +                                                               \
> +       p = dev_core_stats(dev);                                \
> +       if (p)                                                  \
> +               this_cpu_inc(p->FIELD);                         \
> +}                                                              \
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_core_stats_##FIELD##_inc)

Oh well, I just read the patch, and it seems wrong indeed.

netdev_core_stats_alloc() is the one that can be cold.