netdev - Re: tg3: regression of netdev stats

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Date:	Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:20:11 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Cc:	nsujir@...adcom.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tg3: regression of netdev stats

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 22:21 +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> f4a46d1f46a8fece34edd2023e054072b02e110d (tg3: Prevent spurious tx
>>> timeout by setting carrier off before tx disable.) seems to add the bug.
>>> 
>>> On 3.8.1 (I didn't use 3.7.x series), "ifconfig" commands doesn't show
>>> any stats, i.e. all stats are zero.
>>
>> No stats on an active device transmitting and receiving packets?  I
>> don't seem to see the same problem, but we'll look into this further.
>> Thanks.
>
> Yes, /proc/net/dev didn't show any packet traffic stats (always
> zero). But, e.g. ping/nfs itself works fine.
>
> BTW, chip is
>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57788 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1691] (rev 01)
>
> tg3 0000:02:00.0 eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM57788) rev 57780001] (PCI Express) MAC address d4:be:d9:a6:a3:3b
> tg3 0000:02:00.0 eth0: attached PHY driver [Broadcom BCM57780] (mii_bus:phy_addr=200:01)

With some read, this chip seems to be using PHYLIB, and PHYLIB modify
carrier state, so ->link_up confuses with it?

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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