linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: enetc: change the statistics of ring to unsigned long type

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Message-ID: <aFrYghOED24f0CVa@lizhi-Precision-Tower-5810>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:55:30 -0400
From: Frank Li <Frank.li@....com>
To: Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>
Cc: claudiu.manoil@....com, vladimir.oltean@....com, xiaoning.wang@....com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	imx@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: enetc: change the statistics of
 ring to unsigned long type

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 06:15:46PM +0800, Wei Fang wrote:
> The statistics of the ring are all unsigned int type, so the statistics
> will overflow quickly under heavy traffic. In addition, the statistics
> of struct net_device_stats are obtained from struct enetc_ring_stats,
> but the statistics of net_device_stats are unsigned long type. So it is
> better to keep the statistics types consistent in these two structures.
> Considering these two factors, and the fact that both LS1028A and i.MX95
> are arm64 architecture, the statistics of enetc_ring_stats are changed
> to unsigned long type. Note that unsigned int and unsigned long are the
> same thing on some systems, and on such systems there is no overflow
> advantage of one over the other.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h | 22 ++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h
> index 872d2cbd088b..62e8ee4d2f04 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h
> @@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ struct enetc_rx_swbd {
>  #define ENETC_TXBDS_MAX_NEEDED(x)	ENETC_TXBDS_NEEDED((x) + 1)
>
>  struct enetc_ring_stats {
> -	unsigned int packets;
> -	unsigned int bytes;
> -	unsigned int rx_alloc_errs;
> -	unsigned int xdp_drops;
> -	unsigned int xdp_tx;
> -	unsigned int xdp_tx_drops;
> -	unsigned int xdp_redirect;
> -	unsigned int xdp_redirect_failures;
> -	unsigned int recycles;
> -	unsigned int recycle_failures;
> -	unsigned int win_drop;
> +	unsigned long packets;
> +	unsigned long bytes;
> +	unsigned long rx_alloc_errs;
> +	unsigned long xdp_drops;
> +	unsigned long xdp_tx;
> +	unsigned long xdp_tx_drops;
> +	unsigned long xdp_redirect;
> +	unsigned long xdp_redirect_failures;
> +	unsigned long recycles;
> +	unsigned long recycle_failures;
> +	unsigned long win_drop;
>  };
>
>  struct enetc_xdp_data {
> --
> 2.34.1
>