netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/vsockmon: Leverage core stats allocator

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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:27:04 +0100
From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	horms@...nel.org, 
	"open list:VM SOCKETS (AF_VSOCK)" <virtualization@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/vsockmon: Leverage core stats allocator

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 03:58:37AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
>With commit 34d21de99cea9 ("net: Move {l,t,d}stats allocation to core and
>convert veth & vrf"), stats allocation could be done on net core
>instead of this driver.
>
>With this new approach, the driver doesn't have to bother with error
>handling (allocation failure checking, making sure free happens in the
>right spot, etc). This is core responsibility now.
>
>Remove the allocation in the vsockmon driver and leverage the network
>core allocation instead.
>
>Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
>---
> drivers/net/vsockmon.c | 16 +---------------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

Thanks for this patch!

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>

>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/vsockmon.c b/drivers/net/vsockmon.c
>index b1bb1b04b664..a0b4dca36baf 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/vsockmon.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/vsockmon.c
>@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@
> #define DEFAULT_MTU (VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE + \
> 		     sizeof(struct af_vsockmon_hdr))
>
>-static int vsockmon_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
>-{
>-	dev->lstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_lstats);
>-	if (!dev->lstats)
>-		return -ENOMEM;
>-	return 0;
>-}
>-
>-static void vsockmon_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
>-{
>-	free_percpu(dev->lstats);
>-}
>-
> struct vsockmon {
> 	struct vsock_tap vt;
> };
>@@ -79,8 +66,6 @@ static int vsockmon_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
> }
>
> static const struct net_device_ops vsockmon_ops = {
>-	.ndo_init = vsockmon_dev_init,
>-	.ndo_uninit = vsockmon_dev_uninit,
> 	.ndo_open = vsockmon_open,
> 	.ndo_stop = vsockmon_close,
> 	.ndo_start_xmit = vsockmon_xmit,
>@@ -112,6 +97,7 @@ static void vsockmon_setup(struct net_device *dev)
> 	dev->flags = IFF_NOARP;
>
> 	dev->mtu = DEFAULT_MTU;
>+	dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_LSTATS;
> }
>
> static struct rtnl_link_ops vsockmon_link_ops __read_mostly = {
>-- 
>2.39.3
>