netdev - RE: [PATCH] net :mana : Add per-cpu stats for MANA device

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 18:51:58 +0000
From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@...ux.microsoft.com>, Shradha Gupta
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] net :mana : Add per-cpu stats for MANA device



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:02 PM
> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@...ux.microsoft.com>; Shradha Gupta
> <shradhagupta@...rosoft.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> hyperv@...r.kernel.org; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@...hat.com>; Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>; Leon
> Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>; Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>;
> Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>; KY Srinivasan
> <kys@...rosoft.com>; Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>; Dexuan Cui
> <decui@...rosoft.com>; Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>; Michael Kelley
> <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net :mana : Add per-cpu stats for MANA device
> 
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 15:49:15 +0000 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > > > Extend 'ethtool -S' output for mana devices to include per-CPU
> packet
> > > > stats
> > >
> > > But why? You already have per queue stats.
> > Yes. But the q to cpu binding is dynamic, we also want the per-CPU stat
> > to analyze the CPU usage by counting the packets and bytes on each CPU.
> 
> Dynamic is a bit of an exaggeration, right? On a well-configured system
> each CPU should use a single queue assigned thru XPS. And for manual
> debug bpftrace should serve the purpose quite well.

Some programs, like irqbalancer can dynamically change the CPU affinity, 
so we want to add the per-CPU counters for better understanding of the CPU 
usage.

Thanks,
- Haiyang