netdev - Re: [net-next V2 09/15] net/mlx5e: CT: Use the same counter for both directions

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Message-ID: <20201207191935.GD2685@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 7 Dec 2020 16:19:35 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...dia.com>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
        Ariel Levkovich <lariel@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...lanox.com>, Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>,
        mleitner@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next V2 09/15] net/mlx5e: CT: Use the same counter for both
 directions

On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 12:20:54PM +0200, Oz Shlomo wrote:
> On 12/1/2020 11:41 PM, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 11:01 -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
...
> > > The same is visible on 'ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-conntrack -s' then.
> > > Summing both directions in one like this is at least very misleading.
> > > Seems this change was motivated only by hw resources constrains. That
> > > said, I'm wondering, can this change be reverted somehow?
> > > 
> > >    Marcelo
> > 
> > Hi Marcelo, thanks for the report,
> > Sorry i am not familiar with this /procfs
> > Oz, Ariel, Roi, what is your take on this, it seems that we changed the
> > behavior of stats incorrectly.
> 
> Indeed we overlooked the CT accounting extension.
> We will submit a driver fix.

Cool. Thanks for confirming it, Oz.

  Marcelo