netdev - [net-next 12/12] net/mlx5e: Update NIC HW stats on demand only

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:51:03 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net-next 12/12] net/mlx5e: Update NIC HW stats on demand only

Disable periodic stats update background thread and update stats in
background on demand when ndo_get_stats is called.

Having a background thread running in the driver all the time is bad for
power consumption and normally a user space daemon will query the stats
once every specific interval, so ideally the background thread and its
interval can be done in user space..

Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h      |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 10 +++++-----
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c  |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index eb9eb7aa953a..e2b7586ed7a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ struct page_pool;
 #define MLX5E_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS         (MLX5E_INDIR_RQT_SIZE >> 1)
 #define MLX5E_MAX_NUM_SQS              (MLX5E_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS * MLX5E_MAX_NUM_TC)
 #define MLX5E_TX_CQ_POLL_BUDGET        128
-#define MLX5E_UPDATE_STATS_INTERVAL    200 /* msecs */
 #define MLX5E_SQ_RECOVER_MIN_INTERVAL  500 /* msecs */
 
 #define MLX5E_UMR_WQE_INLINE_SZ \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 42ef8c818544..ba9ae05efe09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -270,12 +270,9 @@ void mlx5e_update_stats_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(work);
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = container_of(dwork, struct mlx5e_priv,
 					       update_stats_work);
+
 	mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
-	if (test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state)) {
-		priv->profile->update_stats(priv);
-		queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, dwork,
-				   msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5E_UPDATE_STATS_INTERVAL));
-	}
+	priv->profile->update_stats(priv);
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
 }
 
@@ -3405,6 +3402,9 @@ mlx5e_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 	struct mlx5e_vport_stats *vstats = &priv->stats.vport;
 	struct mlx5e_pport_stats *pstats = &priv->stats.pport;
 
+	/* update HW stats in background for next time */
+	queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &priv->update_stats_work, 0);
+
 	if (mlx5e_is_uplink_rep(priv)) {
 		stats->rx_packets = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_frames_received_ok);
 		stats->rx_bytes   = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_octets_received_ok);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 3f2fe95e01d9..7db7552b7e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ mlx5e_rep_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	/* update HW stats in background for next time */
+	queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &priv->update_stats_work, 0);
+
 	memcpy(stats, &priv->stats.vf_vport, sizeof(*stats));
 }
 
-- 
2.17.0