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Message-Id: <20240625013407.25436-1-lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:34:07 +0800
From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
Subject: [PATCH,net-next,v2][resend] virtio_net: Remove u64_stats_update_begin()/end() for stats fetch

This place is fetching the stats, u64_stats_update_begin()/end()
should not be used, and the fetcher of stats is in the same context
as the updater of the stats, so don't need any protection

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index b1f8b72..f212977 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2382,12 +2382,13 @@ static void virtnet_rx_dim_update(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue
 	if (!rq->packets_in_napi)
 		return;
 
-	u64_stats_update_begin(&rq->stats.syncp);
+	/* Don't need protection when fetching stats, since fetcher and
+	 * updater of the stats are in same context
+	 */
 	dim_update_sample(rq->calls,
 			  u64_stats_read(&rq->stats.packets),
 			  u64_stats_read(&rq->stats.bytes),
 			  &cur_sample);
-	u64_stats_update_end(&rq->stats.syncp);
 
 	net_dim(&rq->dim, cur_sample);
 	rq->packets_in_napi = 0;
-- 
2.9.4


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