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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 21:47:38 -0700
From: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
To: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
Cc: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...a.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jiri   Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Vadim
  Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Michal
 Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: init tsinfo stats if requested

On Wed, 29 May, 2024 21:42:05 -0700 Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May, 2024 21:08:14 -0700 Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...a.com> wrote:
>> Statistic values should be set to ETHTOOL_STAT_NOT_SET even if the
>> device doesn't support statistics. Otherwise zeros will be returned as
>> if they are proper values:
>>
>> host# ethtool -I -T lo
>> Time stamping parameters for lo:
>> Capabilities:
>> 	software-transmit
>> 	software-receive
>> 	software-system-clock
>> PTP Hardware Clock: none
>> Hardware Transmit Timestamp Modes: none
>> Hardware Receive Filter Modes: none
>> Statistics:
>>   tx_pkts: 0
>>   tx_lost: 0
>>   tx_err: 0
>>
>> Fixes: 0e9c127729be ("ethtool: add interface to read Tx hardware timestamping statistics")
>> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...a.com>
>> ---
>>  net/ethtool/tsinfo.c | 6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
>> index be2755c8d8fd..57d496287e52 100644
>> --- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
>> +++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
>> @@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ static int tsinfo_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
>>  	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>  		return ret;
>> -	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS &&
>> -	    dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats) {
>> +	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS) {
>>  		ethtool_stats_init((u64 *)&data->stats,
>>  				   sizeof(data->stats) / sizeof(u64));
>> -		dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats(dev, &data->stats);
>> +		if (dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats)
>> +			dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats(dev, &data->stats);
>>  	}
>>  	ret = __ethtool_get_ts_info(dev, &data->ts_info);
>>  	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);

<snip>

>I think the patch should target "ethtool" instead of "net".
> Also added Michal, the ethtool maintainer.

Ignore. Was thinking for some reason this would end up in the ethtool
tree. The patch is correct in targeting net.

>
> Reviewed-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>


-- 
Thanks,

Rahul Rameshbabu