[PATCH net-next 1/2] netdevsim: migrate to dstats stats collection

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Wed Jun 11 2025 - 11:14:05 EST


Replace custom statistics tracking with the kernel's dstats infrastructure
to simplify code and improve consistency with other network drivers.

This change:
- Sets dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS for automatic
automatic allocation and deallocation.
- Removes manual stats fields and their update
- Replaces custom nsim_get_stats64() with dev_get_stats()
- Uses dev_dstats_tx_add() and dev_dstats_tx_dropped() helpers
- Eliminates the need for manual synchronization primitives

The dstats framework provides the same functionality with less code.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 33 ++++++---------------------------
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h | 5 -----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index af545d42961c3..67871d31252fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -93,19 +93,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t nsim_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
hrtimer_start(&rq->napi_timer, us_to_ktime(5), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);

rcu_read_unlock();
- u64_stats_update_begin(&ns->syncp);
- ns->tx_packets++;
- ns->tx_bytes += len;
- u64_stats_update_end(&ns->syncp);
+ dev_dstats_tx_add(dev, skb->len);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;

out_drop_free:
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
out_drop_cnt:
rcu_read_unlock();
- u64_stats_update_begin(&ns->syncp);
- ns->tx_dropped++;
- u64_stats_update_end(&ns->syncp);
+ dev_dstats_tx_dropped(dev);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}

@@ -126,20 +121,6 @@ static int nsim_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
return 0;
}

-static void
-nsim_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
-{
- struct netdevsim *ns = netdev_priv(dev);
- unsigned int start;
-
- do {
- start = u64_stats_fetch_begin(&ns->syncp);
- stats->tx_bytes = ns->tx_bytes;
- stats->tx_packets = ns->tx_packets;
- stats->tx_dropped = ns->tx_dropped;
- } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry(&ns->syncp, start));
-}
-
static int
nsim_setup_tc_block_cb(enum tc_setup_type type, void *type_data, void *cb_priv)
{
@@ -555,7 +536,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops nsim_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
.ndo_change_mtu = nsim_change_mtu,
- .ndo_get_stats64 = nsim_get_stats64,
.ndo_set_vf_mac = nsim_set_vf_mac,
.ndo_set_vf_vlan = nsim_set_vf_vlan,
.ndo_set_vf_rate = nsim_set_vf_rate,
@@ -579,7 +559,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops nsim_vf_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
.ndo_change_mtu = nsim_change_mtu,
- .ndo_get_stats64 = nsim_get_stats64,
.ndo_setup_tc = nsim_setup_tc,
.ndo_set_features = nsim_set_features,
};
@@ -593,7 +572,7 @@ static void nsim_get_queue_stats_rx(struct net_device *dev, int idx,
struct rtnl_link_stats64 rtstats = {};

if (!idx)
- nsim_get_stats64(dev, &rtstats);
+ dev_get_stats(dev, &rtstats);

stats->packets = rtstats.rx_packets - !!rtstats.rx_packets;
stats->bytes = rtstats.rx_bytes;
@@ -605,7 +584,7 @@ static void nsim_get_queue_stats_tx(struct net_device *dev, int idx,
struct rtnl_link_stats64 rtstats = {};

if (!idx)
- nsim_get_stats64(dev, &rtstats);
+ dev_get_stats(dev, &rtstats);

stats->packets = rtstats.tx_packets - !!rtstats.tx_packets;
stats->bytes = rtstats.tx_bytes;
@@ -617,7 +596,7 @@ static void nsim_get_base_stats(struct net_device *dev,
{
struct rtnl_link_stats64 rtstats = {};

- nsim_get_stats64(dev, &rtstats);
+ dev_get_stats(dev, &rtstats);

rx->packets = !!rtstats.rx_packets;
rx->bytes = 0;
@@ -889,6 +868,7 @@ static void nsim_setup(struct net_device *dev)
NETIF_F_HW_CSUM |
NETIF_F_LRO |
NETIF_F_TSO;
+ dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS;
dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
dev->xdp_features = NETDEV_XDP_ACT_HW_OFFLOAD;
}
@@ -1021,7 +1001,6 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port)
dev_net_set(dev, nsim_dev_net(nsim_dev));
ns = netdev_priv(dev);
ns->netdev = dev;
- u64_stats_init(&ns->syncp);
ns->nsim_dev = nsim_dev;
ns->nsim_dev_port = nsim_dev_port;
ns->nsim_bus_dev = nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index d04401f0bdf79..343b8f19dbed6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ struct netdevsim {

int rq_reset_mode;

- u64 tx_packets;
- u64 tx_bytes;
- u64 tx_dropped;
- struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
-
struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev;

struct bpf_prog *bpf_offloaded;

--
2.47.1