Re: [PATCH net v2 1/8] forcedeth: Improve stats counters

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Fri Nov 04 2011 - 10:54:19 EST


On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:41:16 -0700
David Decotigny <david.decotigny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Mandeep Baines <msb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Rx byte count was off; instead use the hardware's count. Tx packet
> count was counting pre-TSO packets; instead count on-the-wire packets.
> Report hardware dropped frame count as rx_fifo_errors.
>
> - The count of transmitted packets reported by the forcedeth driver
> reports pre-TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) packet counts and not the
> count of the number of packets sent on the wire. This change fixes
> the forcedeth driver to report the correct count. Fixed the code by
> copying the count stored in the NIC H/W to the value reported by the
> driver.
>
> - Count rx_drop_frame errors as rx_fifo_errors:
> We see a lot of rx_drop_frame errors if we disable the rx bottom-halves
> for too long. Normally, rx_fifo_errors would be counted in this case.
> The rx_drop_frame error count is private to forcedeth and is not
> reported by ifconfig or sysfs. The rx_fifo_errors count is currently
> unused in the forcedeth driver. It is reported by ifconfig as overruns.
> This change reports rx_drop_frame errors as rx_fifo_errors.
>
>
>
> Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 4 ++++
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> index 1e37eb9..64b1c7c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> @@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ static void nv_get_hw_stats(struct net_device *dev)
> np->estats.tx_pause += readl(base + NvRegTxPause);
> np->estats.rx_pause += readl(base + NvRegRxPause);
> np->estats.rx_drop_frame += readl(base + NvRegRxDropFrame);
> + np->estats.rx_errors_total += np->estats.rx_drop_frame;
> }
>
> if (np->driver_data & DEV_HAS_STATISTICS_V3) {
> @@ -1706,11 +1707,14 @@ static struct net_device_stats *nv_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
> nv_get_hw_stats(dev);
>
> /* copy to net_device stats */
> + dev->stats.tx_packets = np->estats.tx_packets;
> + dev->stats.rx_bytes = np->estats.rx_bytes;
> dev->stats.tx_bytes = np->estats.tx_bytes;
> dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors = np->estats.tx_fifo_errors;
> dev->stats.tx_carrier_errors = np->estats.tx_carrier_errors;
> dev->stats.rx_crc_errors = np->estats.rx_crc_errors;
> dev->stats.rx_over_errors = np->estats.rx_over_errors;
> + dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors = np->estats.rx_drop_frame;
> dev->stats.rx_errors = np->estats.rx_errors_total;
> dev->stats.tx_errors = np->estats.tx_errors_total;
> }


Why not convert it to 64 bit stats as well.
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