netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] netdev: add per-queue statistics

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Message-ID: <d3588021-7a89-44ec-99e2-dbbf1fbfa474@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:42:32 -0800
From: "Nambiar, Amritha" <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <danielj@...dia.com>, <mst@...hat.com>,
	<michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 1/3] netdev: add per-queue statistics

On 2/23/2024 4:13 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:51:51 -0800 Nambiar, Amritha wrote:
>> So I understand splitting a netdev object into component queues, but do
>> you have anything in mind WRT to splitting a queue, what could be the
>> components for a queue object?
> 
> HW vs SW stats was something that come to mind when I was writing
> the code. More speculatively speaking - there could also be queues
> fed from multiple buffer pool, so split per buffer pool could maybe
> one day make some sense?

Okay, HW/SW stats SGTM. Split per buffer pool also could be useful, 
queue+id+projection/scope/view would return multiple objects based on 
the pool.