netdev - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH net] veth: fix ethtool statistical errors

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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:01:16 +0800
From: 黄杰 <huangjie.albert@...edance.com>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Toshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH net] veth: fix ethtool statistical errors

黄杰 <huangjie.albert@...edance.com> 于2023年11月20日周一 18:02写道：
>
> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org> 于2023年11月20日周一 17:52写道：
> >
> > > Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org> 于2023年11月17日周五 17:26写道：
> > > >
> > > > > if peer->real_num_rx_queues > 1, the ethtool -s command for
> > > > > veth network device will display some error statistical values.
> > > > > The value of tx_idx is reset with each iteration, so even if
> > > > > peer->real_num_rx_queues is greater than 1, the value of tx_idx
> > > > > will remain constant. This results in incorrect statistical values.
> > > > > To fix this issue, assign the value of pp_idx to tx_idx.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: 5fe6e56776ba ("veth: rely on peer veth_rq for ndo_xdp_xmit accounting")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@...edance.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/net/veth.c | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > > > index 0deefd1573cf..3a8e3fc5eeb5 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > > > @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void veth_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> > > > >       for (i = 0; i < peer->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
> > > > >               const struct veth_rq_stats *rq_stats = &rcv_priv->rq[i].stats;
> > > > >               const void *base = (void *)&rq_stats->vs;
> > > > > -             unsigned int start, tx_idx = idx;
> > > > > +             unsigned int start, tx_idx = pp_idx;
> > > > >               size_t offset;
> > > > >
> > > > >               tx_idx += (i % dev->real_num_tx_queues) * VETH_TQ_STATS_LEN;
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.20.1
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Albert,
> > > >
> > > > Can you please provide more details about the issue you are facing?
> > > > In particular, what is the number of configured tx and rx queues for both
> > > > peers?
> > >
> > > Hi, Lorenzo
> > > I found this because I wanted to add more echo information in ethttool（for veth,
> > > but I found that the information was incorrect. That's why I paid
> > > attention here.
> >
> > ack. Could you please share the veth pair tx/rx queue configuration?
> >
>
> dev: tx --->4.  rx--->4
> peer: tx--->1 rx---->1
>
> Could the following code still be problematic? pp_idx not updated correctly.
> page_pool_stats:
> veth_get_page_pool_stats(dev, &data[pp_idx]);

I did the test locally and there is no problem with this place. I
didn't fully understand
this piece of code before
thanks.
BR
Albert.

>
> BR
> Albert
>
> > Rergards,
> > Lorenzo
> >
> > >
> > > > tx_idx is the index of the current (local) tx queue and it must restart from
> > > > idx in each iteration otherwise we will have an issue when
> > > > peer->real_num_rx_queues is greater than dev->real_num_tx_queues.
> > > >
> > > OK. I don't know if this is a known issue.
> > >
> > > BR
> > > Albert
> > >
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Lorenzo