Re: [V2 RFC net-next PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: export more statistics through ethtool

Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-07T22:19:18Z

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 03:52:17PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Satistics counters is useful for debugging and performance optimization, so this
> patch lets virtio_net driver collect following and export them to userspace
> through "ethtool -S":
>
> - number of packets sent/received
> - number of bytes sent/received
> - number of callbacks for tx/rx
> - number of kick for tx/rx
> - number of bytes/packets queued for tx
>
> As virtnet_stats were per-cpu, so both per-cpu and gloabl satistics were
> collected like:
>
> NIC statistics:
> tx_bytes[0]: 1731209929
> tx_packets[0]: 60685
> tx_kicks[0]: 63
> tx_callbacks[0]: 73
> tx_queued_bytes[0]: 1935749360
> tx_queued_packets[0]: 80652
> rx_bytes[0]: 2695648
> rx_packets[0]: 40767
> rx_kicks[0]: 1
> rx_callbacks[0]: 2077
> tx_bytes[1]: 9105588697
> tx_packets[1]: 344150
> tx_kicks[1]: 162
> tx_callbacks[1]: 905
> tx_queued_bytes[1]: 8901049412
> tx_queued_packets[1]: 324184
> rx_bytes[1]: 23679828
> rx_packets[1]: 358770
> rx_kicks[1]: 6
> rx_callbacks[1]: 17717
> tx_bytes: 10836798626
> tx_packets: 404835
> tx_kicks: 225
> tx_callbacks: 978
> tx_queued_bytes: 10836798772
> tx_queued_packets: 404836
> rx_bytes: 26375476
> rx_packets: 399537
> rx_kicks: 7
> rx_callbacks: 19794
>
> TODO:
>
> - more statistics
> - calculate the pending bytes/pkts
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
>
> - style & typo fixs
> - convert the statistics fields to array
> - use unlikely()
> ---
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 6e4aa6f..909a0a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ module_param(gso, bool, 0444);
> enum virtnet_stats_type {
> VIRTNET_TX_BYTES,
> VIRTNET_TX_PACKETS,
> + VIRTNET_TX_KICKS,
> + VIRTNET_TX_CBS,
> + VIRTNET_TX_Q_BYTES,
> + VIRTNET_TX_Q_PACKETS,
> VIRTNET_RX_BYTES,
> VIRTNET_RX_PACKETS,
> + VIRTNET_RX_KICKS,
> + VIRTNET_RX_CBS,
> VIRTNET_NUM_STATS,
> };
>
> @@ -54,6 +60,21 @@ struct virtnet_stats {
> u64 data[VIRTNET_NUM_STATS];
> };
>
> +static struct {
> + char string[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
> +} virtnet_stats_str_attr[] = {
> + { "tx_bytes" },
> + { "tx_packets" },
> + { "tx_kicks" },
> + { "tx_callbacks" },
> + { "tx_queued_bytes" },
> + { "tx_queued_packets" },
> + { "rx_bytes" },
> + { "rx_packets" },
> + { "rx_kicks" },
> + { "rx_callbacks" },
> +};
> +
> struct virtnet_info {
> struct virtio_device *vdev;
> struct virtqueue *rvq, *svq, *cvq;
> @@ -146,6 +167,11 @@ static struct page *get_a_page(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *svq)
> {
> struct virtnet_info *vi = svq->vdev->priv;
> + struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
> +
> + u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_CBS]++;
> + u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
>
> /* Suppress further interrupts. */
> virtqueue_disable_cb(svq);
> @@ -465,6 +491,7 @@ static bool try_fill_recv(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
> {
> int err;
> bool oom;
> + struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
>
> do {
> if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
> @@ -481,13 +508,24 @@ static bool try_fill_recv(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
> } while (err > 0);
> if (unlikely(vi->num > vi->max))
> vi->max = vi->num;
> - virtqueue_kick(vi->rvq);
> + if (virtqueue_kick_prepare(vi->rvq)) {
> + virtqueue_notify(vi->rvq);
> + u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_RX_KICKS]++;
> + u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> + }
> return !oom;
> }
>
> static void skb_recv_done(struct virtqueue *rvq)
> {
> struct virtnet_info *vi = rvq->vdev->priv;
> + struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
> +
> + u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_RX_CBS]++;
> + u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> +
> /* Schedule NAPI, Suppress further interrupts if successful. */
> if (napi_schedule_prep(&vi->napi)) {
> virtqueue_disable_cb(rvq);
> @@ -630,7 +668,9 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct sk_buff *skb)
> static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> {
> struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
> int capacity;
> + bool kick;
>
> /* Free up any pending old buffers before queueing new ones. */
> free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
> @@ -655,7 +695,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> kfree_skb(skb);
> return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> }
> - virtqueue_kick(vi->svq);
> +
> + kick = virtqueue_kick_prepare(vi->svq);
> + if (unlikely(kick))
> + virtqueue_notify(vi->svq);
> +
> + u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> + if (unlikely(kick))
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_KICKS]++;
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_Q_BYTES] += skb->len;
> + stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_Q_PACKETS]++;

is this statistic interesting?
how about decrementing when we free?
this way we see how many are pending..

> + u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
>
> /* Don't wait up for transmitted skbs to be freed. */
> skb_orphan(skb);
> @@ -943,10 +993,71 @@ static void virtnet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
>
> }
>
> +static void virtnet_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *buf)
> +{
> + int i, cpu;
> + switch (stringset) {
> + case ETH_SS_STATS:
> + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> + for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> + sprintf(buf, "%s[%u]",
> + virtnet_stats_str_attr[i].string, cpu);
> + buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
> + }
> + for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> + memcpy(buf, virtnet_stats_str_attr[i].string,
> + ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
> + buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
> + }
> + break;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static int virtnet_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
> +{
> + switch (sset) {
> + case ETH_SS_STATS:
> + return VIRTNET_NUM_STATS * (num_possible_cpus() + 1);
> + default:
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void virtnet_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> + struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *buf)
> +{
> + struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
> + int cpu, i;
> + unsigned int start;
> + struct virtnet_stats sample, total;
> +
> + memset(&total, 0, sizeof(total));
> +
> + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> + struct virtnet_stats *s = per_cpu_ptr(vi->stats, cpu);
> + do {
> + start = u64_stats_fetch_begin(&s->syncp);
> + memcpy(&sample.data, &s->data,
> + sizeof(u64) * VIRTNET_NUM_STATS);
> + } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry(&s->syncp, start));
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> + *buf = sample.data[i];
> + total.data[i] += sample.data[i];
> + buf++;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + memcpy(buf, &total.data, sizeof(u64) * VIRTNET_NUM_STATS);
> +}
> +
> static const struct ethtool_ops virtnet_ethtool_ops = {
> .get_drvinfo = virtnet_get_drvinfo,
> .get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
> .get_ringparam = virtnet_get_ringparam,
> + .get_ethtool_stats = virtnet_get_ethtool_stats,
> + .get_strings = virtnet_get_strings,
> + .get_sset_count = virtnet_get_sset_count,
> };
>
> #define MIN_MTU 68