linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: dsa: microchip: add stats64 support for ksz8 series of switches

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Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2022 07:16:30 +0100
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Arun.Ramadoss@...rochip.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: dsa: microchip: add stats64 support
 for ksz8 series of switches

On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 11:41:33AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Dec 2022 06:29:04 +0100 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > +	stats->rx_packets = raw->rx_bcast + raw->rx_mcast + raw->rx_ucast +
> > +		raw->rx_pause;
> > +	stats->tx_packets = raw->tx_bcast + raw->tx_mcast + raw->tx_ucast +
> > +		raw->tx_pause;
> 
> FWIW for normal netdevs / NICs the rtnl_link_stat pkts do not include
> pause frames, normally. Otherwise one can't maintain those stats in SW
> (and per-ring stats, if any, don't add up to the full link stats).
> But if you have a good reason to do this - I won't nack..

Pause frames are accounted by rx/tx_bytes by HW. Since pause frames may
have different size, it is not possible to correct byte counters, so I
need to add them to the packet counters.

Regards,
Oleksij
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