Re: [PATCH net-next v10 3/4] net/sched: pie: correct tc_pie_xstats field documentation

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- [Low] The patch fixes the unit comments for struct tc_pie_xstats in
  include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h: delay is now 'microseconds' and…

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net/sched: pie: correct tc_pie_xstats field documentation

This patch updates the comments on struct tc_pie_xstats in the uapi header.
The delay field is now documented as microseconds and avg_dq_rate as
bytes/second, which matches what pie_dump_stats() exports. There is no
change to the UAPI layout or to runtime behaviour.

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> index fef848eaaab23..445a041cd103f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> @@ -920,9 +920,9 @@ enum {
>  
>  struct tc_pie_xstats {
>  	__u64 prob;			/* current probability */
> -	__u32 delay;			/* current delay in ms */
> +	__u32 delay;			/* current delay in microseconds */
>  	__u32 avg_dq_rate;		/* current average dq_rate in
> -					 * bits/pie_time
> +					 * bytes/second
>  					 */

[Severity: Low]
Should the netlink YAML spec for this struct get the same correction?

The tc-pie-xstats definition in Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml still
uses the old units:

        name: delay
        type: u32
        doc: Current delay in ms
      -
        name: avg-dq-rate
        type: u32
        doc: Current average dq rate in bits/pie-time

pie_dump_stats() in net/sched/sch_pie.c exports microseconds and
bytes/second:

	.delay = ((u32)PSCHED_TICKS2NS(READ_ONCE(q->vars.qdelay))) / NSEC_PER_USEC,
	...
	st.avg_dq_rate = READ_ONCE(q->vars.avg_dq_rate) *
			 (PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC) >> PIE_SCALE;

With this patch applied, the header and the YAML spec give different units
for the same uAPI struct.

The later commit "Documentation/netlink/specs: tc: describe fq_pie per-flow
class stats" edits tc.yaml. It documents the matching fq_pie fields as
microseconds and bytes/second, but leaves tc-pie-xstats as it is, so tc.yaml
contradicts itself at the end of the series.

The commit message says:

    Touch include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h only

Could tc.yaml be updated here as well, or in a follow-up patch?

>  	__u32 dq_rate_estimating;	/* is avg_dq_rate being calculated? */
>  	__u32 packets_in;		/* total number of packets enqueued */

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