netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: make global bonding stats more reliable

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:42:24 +0200
From:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: make global bonding stats more reliable

On 26/09/14 00:37, Andy Gospodarek wrote:
> As the code stands today, bonding stats are based simply on the stats
> from the member interfaces.  If a member was to be removed from a bond,
> the stats would instantly drop.  This would be confusing to an admin
> would would suddonly see interface stats drop while traffic is still
> flowing.
>
> In addition to preventing the stats drops mentioned above, new members
> will now be added to the bond and only traffic received after the member
> was added to the bond will be counted as part of bonding stats.
>
> v2: Changes suggested by Nik to properly allocate/free stats memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>   drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h   |  3 ++
>   2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
<<<<snip>>>>
> @@ -3857,6 +3874,8 @@ static void bond_uninit(struct net_device *bond_dev)
>   		__bond_release_one(bond_dev, slave->dev, true);
>   	netdev_info(bond_dev, "Released all slaves\n");
>
> +	kfree(bond->bond_stats);
> +
>   	list_del(&bond->bond_list);
>
>   	bond_debug_unregister(bond);
> @@ -4243,7 +4262,13 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
>
>   	bond->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(bond_dev->name);
>   	if (!bond->wq)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +		goto bond_wq_fail;
> +
> +	/* initialize persistent stats for the bond */
> +	bond->bond_stats = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64),
> +				   GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!bond->bond_stats)
> +		goto bond_stats_fail;
>
>   	bond_set_lockdep_class(bond_dev);
>
> @@ -4259,6 +4284,10 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
>   		eth_hw_addr_random(bond_dev);
>
>   	return 0;
> +bond_stats_fail:
> +	kfree(bond->wq);
^^^^^^^^^^
I think you should use destroy_workqueue() to properly get rid of the wq.


> +bond_wq_fail:
> +	return -ENOMEM;
>   }
>
>   unsigned int bond_get_num_tx_queues(void)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> index 6140bf0..fe25265 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>   #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
>   #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>   #include <linux/reciprocal_div.h>
> +#include <linux/if_link.h>
>
>   #include "bond_3ad.h"
>   #include "bond_alb.h"
> @@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ struct slave {
>   	struct netpoll *np;
>   #endif
>   	struct kobject kobj;
> +	struct rtnl_link_stats64 *slave_stats;
>   };
>
>   /*
> @@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ struct bonding {
>   	/* debugging support via debugfs */
>   	struct	 dentry *debug_dir;
>   #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
> +	struct rtnl_link_stats64 *bond_stats;
>   };
>
>   #define bond_slave_get_rcu(dev) \
>

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