netdev - Re: Regression: [PATCH] mlx4: give precise rx/tx bytes/packets counters

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:35:21 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: Regression: [PATCH] mlx4: give precise rx/tx bytes/packets
 counters

On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 18:46 +0200, Saeed Mahameed wrote:

> we had/still have the proper stats they are the ones that
> mlx4_en_fold_software_stats is trying to cache into  (they always
> exist),
> but the ones that you are trying to read from (the mlx4 rings) are gone !
> 
> This bug is totally new and as i warned, this is another symptom of
> the real root cause (can't sleep while reading stats).
> 
> Eric what do you suggest ? Keep pre-allocated MAX_RINGS stats  and
> always iterate over all of them to query stats ?
> what if you have one ring/none/1K ? how would you know how many to query ?

I am suggesting I will fix the bug I introduced.

Do not panic.