netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: systemport: Support 64bit statistics

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:28:53 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     kiki good <jqiaoulk@...il.com>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: systemport: Support 64bit statistics

On 07/20/2017 03:13 AM, kiki good wrote:
> Hi David:
> 
> I am sorry for missing the commit log message;Since I did conversation
> with Florian Fainelli about this patch in another email thread
> "[PATCH] net: systemport: Support 64bit statistics", i incorrectly
> thought it was unnecessary to add the commit log again when submitting
> the revised patch.
> 
> The reason for keeping both  .ndo_get_stats and 64-bit
> .ndo_get_stats64 comes from Florian, suggesting that because there is
> no harm in keeping bcm_sysport_get_stats and we can always deprecate
> it later, it is just to minimize the amount of changes to review.

Yes, my bad for suggesting that, Jmqiao, please resubmit with a commit
message that is essentially your paragraph after the "Why do we need
this change?" question (don't include the question in the commit message).

Thanks!

> 
> Why do we need this change ?
> When using Broadcom Systemport device in 32bit Platform, ifconfig can
> only report up to 4G tx,rx status, which will be wrapped to 0 when the
> number of incoming or outgoing packets exceeds 4G, only taking
> around 2 hours in busy network environment (such as streaming).
> Therefore, it makes hard for network diagnostic tool to get reliable
> statistical result, so the patch is used to add 64bit support for
> Broadcom Systemport device in 32bit Platform.
> 
> Thanks
> Jmqiao
> 
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:25 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: "Jianming.qiao" <jqiaoulk@...il.com>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:18:40 +0100
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jianming.qiao <kiki-good@...mail.com>
>>
>> Supporting both deprecated .ndo_get_stats and 64-bit .ndo_get_stats64
>> at the same time makes no sense.
>>
>> .ndo_get_stats will never be called if .ndo_get_stats64 is non-NULL
>>
>> The lack of a commit log message, explaining in detail, why you are
>> doing this and why you are doing it this way, concerns me as well.
>>
>> This submission so far has been a bit of a mess.  You don't
>> communicate enough, your commit message is empty, and therefore we
>> have no idea why you are doing things, and in particular the reasons
>> for your decisions.
>>
>> I'm not applying this, sorry.

-- 
Florian