[PATCH RESEND net-next] ppp: convert to percpu netstats

From: Qingfang Deng
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 04:32:25 EST


Convert to percpu netstats to avoid lock contention when reading them.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 52 +++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index a27357bd674e..330c0cd89c15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -107,18 +107,6 @@ struct ppp_file {
#define PF_TO_PPP(pf) PF_TO_X(pf, struct ppp)
#define PF_TO_CHANNEL(pf) PF_TO_X(pf, struct channel)

-/*
- * Data structure to hold primary network stats for which
- * we want to use 64 bit storage. Other network stats
- * are stored in dev->stats of the ppp strucute.
- */
-struct ppp_link_stats {
- u64 rx_packets;
- u64 tx_packets;
- u64 rx_bytes;
- u64 tx_bytes;
-};
-
/*
* Data structure describing one ppp unit.
* A ppp unit corresponds to a ppp network interface device
@@ -162,7 +150,6 @@ struct ppp {
struct bpf_prog *active_filter; /* filter for pkts to reset idle */
#endif /* CONFIG_PPP_FILTER */
struct net *ppp_net; /* the net we belong to */
- struct ppp_link_stats stats64; /* 64 bit network stats */
};

/*
@@ -1539,23 +1526,12 @@ ppp_net_siocdevprivate(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr,
static void
ppp_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats64)
{
- struct ppp *ppp = netdev_priv(dev);
-
- ppp_recv_lock(ppp);
- stats64->rx_packets = ppp->stats64.rx_packets;
- stats64->rx_bytes = ppp->stats64.rx_bytes;
- ppp_recv_unlock(ppp);
-
- ppp_xmit_lock(ppp);
- stats64->tx_packets = ppp->stats64.tx_packets;
- stats64->tx_bytes = ppp->stats64.tx_bytes;
- ppp_xmit_unlock(ppp);
-
stats64->rx_errors = dev->stats.rx_errors;
stats64->tx_errors = dev->stats.tx_errors;
stats64->rx_dropped = dev->stats.rx_dropped;
stats64->tx_dropped = dev->stats.tx_dropped;
stats64->rx_length_errors = dev->stats.rx_length_errors;
+ dev_fetch_sw_netstats(stats64, dev->tstats);
}

static int ppp_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -1650,6 +1626,7 @@ static void ppp_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->type = ARPHRD_PPP;
dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST;
dev->priv_destructor = ppp_dev_priv_destructor;
+ dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS;
netif_keep_dst(dev);
}

@@ -1796,8 +1773,7 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
#endif /* CONFIG_PPP_FILTER */
}

- ++ppp->stats64.tx_packets;
- ppp->stats64.tx_bytes += skb->len - PPP_PROTO_LEN;
+ dev_sw_netstats_tx_add(ppp->dev, 1, skb->len - PPP_PROTO_LEN);

switch (proto) {
case PPP_IP:
@@ -2474,8 +2450,7 @@ ppp_receive_nonmp_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
break;
}

- ++ppp->stats64.rx_packets;
- ppp->stats64.rx_bytes += skb->len - 2;
+ dev_sw_netstats_rx_add(ppp->dev, skb->len - PPP_PROTO_LEN);

npi = proto_to_npindex(proto);
if (npi < 0) {
@@ -3303,14 +3278,25 @@ static void
ppp_get_stats(struct ppp *ppp, struct ppp_stats *st)
{
struct slcompress *vj = ppp->vj;
+ int cpu;

memset(st, 0, sizeof(*st));
- st->p.ppp_ipackets = ppp->stats64.rx_packets;
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ struct pcpu_sw_netstats *p = per_cpu_ptr(ppp->dev->tstats, cpu);
+ u64 rx_packets, rx_bytes, tx_packets, tx_bytes;
+
+ rx_packets = u64_stats_read(&p->rx_packets);
+ rx_bytes = u64_stats_read(&p->rx_bytes);
+ tx_packets = u64_stats_read(&p->tx_packets);
+ tx_bytes = u64_stats_read(&p->tx_bytes);
+
+ st->p.ppp_ipackets += rx_packets;
+ st->p.ppp_ibytes += rx_bytes;
+ st->p.ppp_opackets += tx_packets;
+ st->p.ppp_obytes += tx_bytes;
+ }
st->p.ppp_ierrors = ppp->dev->stats.rx_errors;
- st->p.ppp_ibytes = ppp->stats64.rx_bytes;
- st->p.ppp_opackets = ppp->stats64.tx_packets;
st->p.ppp_oerrors = ppp->dev->stats.tx_errors;
- st->p.ppp_obytes = ppp->stats64.tx_bytes;
if (!vj)
return;
st->vj.vjs_packets = vj->sls_o_compressed + vj->sls_o_uncompressed;
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