netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] netcons: Add udp send fail statistics to netconsole

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Message-Id: <20241027-netcons-add-udp-send-fail-statistics-to-netconsole-v4-0-a8065a43c897@kutsevol.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:59:40 -0700
From: Maksym Kutsevol <max@...sevol.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Maksym Kutsevol <max@...sevol.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] netcons: Add udp send fail statistics to
 netconsole

Enhance observability of netconsole. Packet sends can fail.
Start tracking at least two failure possibilities: ENOMEM and
NET_XMIT_DROP for every target. Stats are exposed via an additional
attribute in CONFIGFS.

The exposed statistics allows easier debugging of cases when netconsole
messages were not seen by receivers, eliminating the guesswork if the
sender thinks that messages in question were sent out.

Stats are not reset on enable/disable/change remote ip/etc, they
belong to the netcons target itself.

Reported-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZsWoUzyK5du9Ffl+@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Maksym Kutsevol <max@...sevol.com>
---
Changelog:
v4:
 * Rebased after
   https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20241017095028.3131508-1-leitao@debian.org/
   was merged
 * cc doc maintainers.
 * adhere to 80 columns. Learn that checkpatch defaults to 100. Okay :)

v3:
 * https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240912173608.1821083-2-max@kutsevol.com/
 * cleanup the accidental slip of debugging addons.
 * use IS_ENABLED() instead of #ifdef. Always have stats field.

v2:
 * https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240828214524.1867954-2-max@kutsevol.com/
 * fixed commit message wording and reported-by reference.
 * not hiding netconsole_target_stats when CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
   is not enabled.
 * rename stats attribute in configfs to transmit_errors and make it
   a single u64 value, which is a sum of errors that occured.
 * make a wrapper function to count errors instead of a return result
   classifier one.
 * use u64_stats_sync.h to manage stats.

v1:
 * https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240824215130.2134153-2-max@kutsevol.com/

---
Maksym Kutsevol (2):
      netpoll: Make netpoll_send_udp return status instead of void
      netcons: Add udp send fail statistics to netconsole

 Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst |  5 +--
 drivers/net/netconsole.c                | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/netpoll.h                 |  2 +-
 net/core/netpoll.c                      |  6 ++--
 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 03fc07a24735e0be8646563913abf5f5cb71ad19
change-id: 20241027-netcons-add-udp-send-fail-statistics-to-netconsole-dc9a5a9f9139

Best regards,
-- 
Maksym Kutsevol <max@...sevol.com>