netdev - Re: [patch net-next v4 0/4] return offloaded stats as default and expose original sw stats

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:54:34 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nogahf@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
	yotamg@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
	linville@...driver.com, tgraf@...g.ch, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com,
	sfeldma@...il.com, sd@...asysnail.net, eranbe@...lanox.com,
	ast@...mgrid.com, edumazet@...gle.com, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 0/4] return offloaded stats as default and
 expose original sw stats

On 16-06-17 10:05 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 03:48:35PM CEST, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com wrote:
>> On 6/17/16 2:24 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>>

>
> That is problematic. Existing apps depend on rtnetlink stats. But if we
> don't count offloaded forwarded packets, the apps don't see anything.
> Therefore I believe that this patchset approach is better. The existing
> apps continue to work and future apps can use newly introduces sw_stats
> to query slowpath traffic. Makes sense to me.
>

I agree with Jiri. It is a bad idea to depend on ethtool for any of
this stuff. Is there a way we can tag netlink stats instead
to indicate they are hardware or software?
We already have a use case with the tc where someone could get/set
hardware and/or software.

cheers,
jamal