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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 21:13:49 +0100
From: Petr Tesařík <petr@...arici.cz>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix ethtool per-queue statistics
On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 20:54:01 +0100
Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 07:10:24PM +0100, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> > Fix per-queue statistics for devices with more than one queue.
> >
> > The output data pointer is currently reset in each loop iteration,
> > effectively summing all queue statistics in the first four u64 values.
> >
> > The summary values are not even labeled correctly. For example, if eth0 has
> > 2 queues, ethtool -S eth0 shows:
> >
> > q0_tx_pkt_n: 374 (actually tx_pkt_n over all queues)
> > q0_tx_irq_n: 23 (actually tx_normal_irq_n over all queues)
> > q1_tx_pkt_n: 462 (actually rx_pkt_n over all queues)
> > q1_tx_irq_n: 446 (actually rx_normal_irq_n over all queues)
> > q0_rx_pkt_n: 0
> > q0_rx_irq_n: 0
> > q1_rx_pkt_n: 0
> > q1_rx_irq_n: 0
> >
> > While touching this code, change the pointer type to u64 and get rid of the
> > weird pointer arithmetic.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <petr@...arici.cz>
> > Fixes: 133466c3bbe1 ("net: stmmac: use per-queue 64 bit statistics where necessary")
>
> Hi Petr
>
> There are a few process things you are missing. Please take a look at
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
>
> You need to indicate which tree this is for.
Ah. Thank you for the pointer. You see, this is my first netdev patch...
> Additionally, your Signed-off-by comes last.
Oh, I'm sorry for that.
> Patches for stable should ideally be minimal. And obviously correct. See:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>
> So the bits about changing the pointer type and removing the weird
> arithmetic might be better suited for net-next, not net.
Good. Given that I have meanwhile found out that I will have to change
this whole function to fix the lockup on 32-bit systems, let me just
discard this part, add "net" to the subject and cc stable.
Resending...
Petr T
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