netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] igb: fix stats handling

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Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:49:39 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...u.dk>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] igb: fix stats handling

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 21:36, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le mercredi 06 octobre 2010 à 05:28 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>
>> I'll let Intel guys doing the backporting work, but for old kernels,
>> you'll probably need to use "unsigned long" instead of "u64"
>>
>> My plan is :
>>
>> - Provide 64bit counters even on 32bit arch
>> - with proper synchro (include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h)
>> - Add a spinlock so we can apply Jesper patch.
>
> Here is the net-next-2.6 patch, I am currently enable to test it, the
> dev machine with IGB NIC cannot be restarted until tomorrow, my son
> Nicolas is currently using it ;)
>
> Could you and/or Jesper test it, possibly on 32 and 64 bit kernels ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> [PATCH net-next] igb: fix stats handling
>
> There are currently some problems with igb.
>
> - On 32bit arches, maintaining 64bit counters without proper
> synchronization between writers and readers.
>
> - Stats updated every two seconds, as reported by Jesper.
>   (Jesper provided a patch for this)
>
> - Potential problem between worker thread and ethtool -S
>
> This patch uses u64_stats_sync, and convert everything to be 64bit safe,
> SMP safe, even on 32bit arches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/igb/igb.h         |    7 +-
>  drivers/net/igb/igb_ethtool.c |   10 +-
>  drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c    |  111 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>

Thanks again Eric!  I will add your patch to my queue.

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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