netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] [net] softnet_data: Split time_squeeze counter to provide budget

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:07:06 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Patrick Talbert <ptalbert@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] [net] softnet_data: Split time_squeeze counter
 to provide budget_squeeze

On Tue, 2018-01-23 at 10:37 -0500, Patrick Talbert wrote:
> Add a 'budget_squeeze' counter to be able to differenciate between a
> NAPI poll ending with outstanding work because of a lack of budget
> (netdev_budget) versus ending because of a lack of time
> (netdev_budget_usecs).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Talbert <ptalbert@...hat.com>


> --- a/net/core/net-procfs.c
> +++ b/net/core/net-procfs.c
> @@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ static int softnet_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
>  #endif
>  
>  	seq_printf(seq,
> -		   "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
> +		   "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
>  		   sd->processed, sd->dropped, sd->time_squeeze, 0,
>  		   0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
>  		   0,	/* was cpu_collision */
> -		   sd->received_rps, flow_limit_count);
> +		   sd->received_rps, flow_limit_count, sd->budget_squeeze);
>  	return 0;
>  }

Please no more updates on /proc files. We want to deprecate them
eventually.