From: Aniket Negi <aniket.negi03@gmail.com>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Aniket Negi <aniket.negi03@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: airoha: fix MIB stats collection to be lossless
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:48:34 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630111834.233643-1-aniket.negi03@gmail.com> (raw)
The airoha_dev_get_hw_stats() function had two correctness issues in the
way it collects hardware MIB counters.
Bug 1: Read-clear race causes silent packet loss in statistics
airoha_update_hw_stats() read all MIB registers and then cleared them
via REG_FE_GDM_MIB_CLEAR. There is a time window between the last
register read and the hardware clear. Any packet that the hardware
counts during this window is lost: the register is incremented, then
cleared, without the increment ever being read by software. Under
sustained traffic this causes a permanent and growing undercount in all
reported statistics.
This is particularly misleading for tx_ok_pkts and tx_ok_bytes, which
routers and traffic monitors use to detect packet forwarding loss
between two points in a hardware-accelerated path (e.g., between two
netdevs in the QDMA/PPE fast-path). An inaccurate count makes it
impossible to reliably attribute drops in the forwarding pipeline
without capturing traffic at both ends independently.
Bug 2: 32-bit counter overflow causes stat corruption
Several MIB registers are only 32 bits wide: tx_drops, tx_broadcast,
tx_multicast, rx_drops, rx_broadcast, rx_multicast, rx_errors,
rx_crc_error, rx_over_errors, rx_fragment, rx_jabber, and the runt and
long buckets of the tx_len[]/rx_len[].
The original code relied on MIB_CLEAR to keep register values small
enough that a simple '+= val' per cycle did not lose data across a
wrap. Once clearing is removed (to fix Bug 1), raw '+= val' silently
corrupts the accumulated software counter on overflow.
Fix both issues together:
- 64-bit H+L register pairs (tx_ok_pkts, tx_ok_bytes, tx_len[1..5],
rx_ok_pkts, rx_ok_bytes, rx_len[1..5]): read directly from hardware
without clearing. Hardware accumulates the full running total; a
single direct assignment per poll is correct and lossless.
- 32-bit registers (tx_drops, tx_broadcast, tx_multicast, rx_drops,
rx_broadcast, rx_multicast, rx_errors, rx_crc_error, rx_over_errors,
rx_fragment, rx_jabber, and the runt/long buckets in tx_len[0]/[6]
and rx_len[0]/[6]): track the previous hardware value in a new
hw_prev_stats sub-struct inside airoha_hw_stats and accumulate
(u32)(curr - prev) into the 64-bit software counter. Unsigned
subtraction handles wrap-around transparently:
prev=0xFFFFFF00, curr=0x00000010 -> delta=(u32)(0x10-0xFFFFFF00)=0x110
Remove the REG_FE_GDM_MIB_CLEAR write from airoha_update_hw_stats()
entirely. Because the driver no longer clears hardware counters, the
read-clear race window is eliminated.
The hw_prev_stats fields are zero-initialised by the existing
devm_kzalloc() call in airoha_alloc_gdm_device().
Fixes: 8f4695fb67b2 ("net: airoha: better handle MIBs for GDM ports with multiple devs attached")
Signed-off-by: Aniket Negi <aniket.negi03@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c | 132 +++++++++++------------
drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h | 22 ++++
2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index 1caf6766f2c0..7ae4e294478e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -1696,133 +1696,133 @@ static void airoha_dev_get_hw_stats(struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev)
u64_stats_update_begin(&dev->stats.syncp);
- /* TX */
+ /* TX - 64-bit H+L registers: hw accumulates the total, read directly. */
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_PKT_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_ok_pkts += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_PKT_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_ok_pkts += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_ok_pkts = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_ok_pkts += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_PKT_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_BYTE_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_ok_bytes += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_BYTE_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_ok_bytes += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_ok_bytes = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_ok_bytes += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_OK_BYTE_CNT_L(port->id));
+ /* TX - 32-bit registers: accumulate delta to handle wrap-around. */
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_DROP_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_drops += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_drops += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_drops);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_drops = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_BC_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_broadcast += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_broadcast += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_broadcast);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_broadcast = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_MC_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_multicast += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_multicast += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_multicast);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_multicast = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_RUNT_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_len[i]);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_len[i] = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_E64_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_E64_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] += (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_E64_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L64_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L64_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L64_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L127_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L127_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L127_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L255_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L255_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L255_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L511_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L511_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L511_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L1023_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L1023_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_L1023_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_TX_ETH_LONG_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.tx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.tx_len[i] += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_len[i]);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.tx_len[i++] = val;
/* RX */
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_PKT_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_ok_pkts += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_PKT_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_ok_pkts += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_ok_pkts = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_ok_pkts += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_PKT_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_BYTE_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_ok_bytes += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_BYTE_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_ok_bytes += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_ok_bytes = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_ok_bytes += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OK_BYTE_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_DROP_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_drops += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_drops += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_drops);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_drops = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_BC_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_broadcast += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_broadcast += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_broadcast);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_broadcast = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_MC_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_multicast += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_multicast += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_multicast);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_multicast = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ERROR_DROP_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_errors += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_errors += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_errors);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_errors = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_CRC_ERR_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_crc_error += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_crc_error += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_crc_error);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_crc_error = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_OVERFLOW_DROP_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_over_errors += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_over_errors += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_over_errors);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_over_errors = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_FRAG_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_fragment += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_fragment += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_fragment);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_fragment = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_JABBER_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_jabber += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_jabber += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_jabber);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_jabber = val;
i = 0;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_RUNT_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_len[i]);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_len[i] = val;
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_E64_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_E64_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] += (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_E64_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L64_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L64_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L64_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L127_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L127_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L127_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L255_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L255_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L255_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L511_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L511_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L511_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L1023_CNT_H(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i] += ((u64)val << 32);
- val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L1023_CNT_L(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] = (u64)val << 32;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_L1023_CNT_L(port->id));
val = airoha_fe_rr(eth, REG_FE_GDM_RX_ETH_LONG_CNT(port->id));
- dev->stats.rx_len[i++] += val;
+ dev->stats.rx_len[i] += (u32)(val - dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_len[i]);
+ dev->stats.hw_prev_stats.rx_len[i++] = val;
u64_stats_update_end(&dev->stats.syncp);
}
@@ -1839,10 +1839,6 @@ static void airoha_update_hw_stats(struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev)
airoha_dev_get_hw_stats(port->devs[i]);
}
- /* Reset MIB counters */
- airoha_fe_set(dev->eth, REG_FE_GDM_MIB_CLEAR(port->id),
- FE_GDM_MIB_RX_CLEAR_MASK | FE_GDM_MIB_TX_CLEAR_MASK);
-
spin_unlock(&port->stats_lock);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
index 2765244d937c..af12ad6eac17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
@@ -244,6 +244,28 @@ struct airoha_hw_stats {
u64 rx_fragment;
u64 rx_jabber;
u64 rx_len[7];
+
+ struct {
+ /* Previous HW register values for 32-bit counter delta tracking.
+ * Storing the last seen value and accumulating (u32)(curr - prev)
+ * in 64-bit software counter & handles wrap-around transparently
+ * via unsigned arithmetic. These fields are never reported to
+ * userspace.
+ */
+ u32 tx_drops;
+ u32 tx_broadcast;
+ u32 tx_multicast;
+ u32 tx_len[7];
+ u32 rx_drops;
+ u32 rx_broadcast;
+ u32 rx_multicast;
+ u32 rx_errors;
+ u32 rx_crc_error;
+ u32 rx_over_errors;
+ u32 rx_fragment;
+ u32 rx_jabber;
+ u32 rx_len[7];
+ } hw_prev_stats;
};
enum {
--
2.43.0
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2026-06-30 14:21 ` [PATCH] net: airoha: fix MIB stats collection to be lossless Lorenzo Bianconi
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