netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add STP stat counters

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Date:   Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:58:23 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add STP stat counters

On 23/11/2019 01:21, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:07:42 -0500
> Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> This adds rx_bpdu, tx_bpdu, rx_tcn, tx_tcn, transition_blk,
>> transition_fwd stat counters to the bridge ports, along with sysfs
>> statistics nodes under a "statistics" directory of the "brport" entry,
>> providing useful information for STP, for example:
>>
>>     # cat /sys/class/net/lan0/brport/statistics/tx_bpdu
>>     26
>>     # cat /sys/class/net/lan5/brport/statistics/transition_fwd
>>     3
>>
>> At the same time, make BRPORT_ATTR define a non-const attribute as
>> this is required by the attribute group structure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
> 
> Please don't add more sysfs stuff. put it in netlink.
> 

+1

You should be able to use the bridge xstats netlink infra to expose these. We already
support master and slave stats (e.g. vlan and mcast stats are retrieved through it).

>> ---
>>  net/bridge/br_private.h  |  8 ++++++++
>>  net/bridge/br_stp.c      |  8 ++++++++
>>  net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c |  4 ++++
>>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> index 36b0367ca1e0..360d8030e3b2 100644
>> --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> @@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ struct net_bridge_port {
>>  #endif
>>  	u16				group_fwd_mask;
>>  	u16				backup_redirected_cnt;
>> +
>> +	/* Statistics */
>> +	atomic_long_t			rx_bpdu;
>> +	atomic_long_t			tx_bpdu;
>> +	atomic_long_t			rx_tcn;
>> +	atomic_long_t			tx_tcn;
>> +	atomic_long_t			transition_blk;
>> +	atomic_long_t			transition_fwd;
>>  };
>>  
> 
> There is no these need to be atomic.
> Atomic is expensive.
>