RE: [PATCH net-next v3] drivers, ixgbe: export vf statistics

[Jankowski, Konrad0]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 1:04 PM
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> Subject: [PATCH net-next v3] drivers, ixgbe: export vf statistics
> 
> This change retrieves network metrics for virtual functions from the device
> and exports them via the iproute2 interface.
> 
> The code for retrieving the statistics from the device is taken from the out-of-
> tree driver.  The feature was introduced with version 2.0.75.7, so the diff
> between this version and the previous version 2.0.72.4 was used to identify
> required changes. The export via ethtool is omitted in favor of using the
> standard ndo_get_vf_stats interface.
> 
> Per-VF statistics can now be printed, for instance, via
> 
>   ip --statistics link show dev eth0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: implemented the ndo_get_vf_stats callback
> v3: as per discussion, removed the ethtool changes
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      | 34 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h |  7 ++
>  3 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> index 921a4d977d65..48444ab9e0b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> 

Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@xxxxxxxxx>