Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: Add 64bit statistics

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Le jeudi 17 novembre 2011 à 14:48 +0800, Junchang Wang a écrit :
> Switch to use ndo_get_stats64 to get 64bit statistics.
> Per cpu data is used to avoid lock operations.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c |  113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> index cdf66d6..0165646 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> @@ -670,11 +670,31 @@ struct rtl8169_counters {
>  	__le16	tx_underun;
>  };
>  
> +struct rtl8169_pcpu_stats {
> +	u64			rx_packets;
> +	u64			rx_bytes;
> +	u64			tx_packets;
> +	u64			tx_bytes;
> +	struct u64_stats_sync	syncp;
> +	/*
> +	 * The following variables are updated
> +	 * without syncp protection.
> +	 */
> +	unsigned long		rx_dropped;
> +	unsigned long		tx_dropped;
> +	unsigned long		rx_length_errors;
> +	unsigned long		rx_errors;
> +	unsigned long		rx_crc_errors;
> +	unsigned long		rx_fifo_errors;
> +	unsigned long		rx_missed_errors;
> +};
> +

Thats overkill. Dont copy what have been done for virtual devices
(loopback, tunnels, ...)

RX and TX path are serialized (only one cpu can fly at one moment)