Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: assume stats refresh is 0 if no ethtool -c support

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:09:06 +0100 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > @@ -234,7 +234,12 @@ from .remote import Remote
> >          Good drivers will tell us via ethtool what their sync period is.
> >          """
> >          if self._stats_settle_time is None:
> > -            data = ethtool("-c " + self.ifname, json=True)[0]
> > +            data = {}
> > +            try:
> > +                data = ethtool("-c " + self.ifname, json=True)[0]
> > +            except CmdExitFailure as e:
> > +                if "Operation not supported" not in e.cmd.stderr:
> > +                    raise  
> 
> How important is this time to the test itself? 

Just to be clear (because unfortunately git doesn't do a good job of
calling out Python method names in the diff :() this is part of a
method called wait_hw_stats_settle() within the test env class. 
It's used by various tests which use/check device stats.

> If it is not available,
> can the test just default to 50ms and keep going? I would of thought
> we find more issues by running the test too slowly, than not running
> it at all, unless having the wrong timer makes it more flaky.

We already use zero for majority of driver which don't report stat
refresh:

                 data.get('stats-block-usecs', 0) / 1000 / 1000
                                              ^^^
this patch just does the same thing not only if the driver doesn't
report 'stats-block-usecs' but also if it doesn't support -c at all.