From: Dennis Chen <dechen@redhat.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, Dennis Chen <dechen@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] i40e: report VF tx_dropped with tx_errors instead of tx_discards
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:52:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250618195240.95454-1-dechen@redhat.com> (raw)
Currently the tx_dropped field in VF stats is not updated correctly
when reading stats from the PF. This is because it reads from
i40e_eth_stats.tx_discards which seems to be unused for per VSI stats,
as it is not updated by i40e_update_eth_stats() and the corresponding
register, GLV_TDPC, is not implemented[1].
Use i40e_eth_stats.tx_errors instead, which is actually updated by
i40e_update_eth_stats() by reading from GLV_TEPC.
To test, create a VF and try to send bad packets through it:
$ echo 1 > /sys/class/net/enp2s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
$ cat test.py
from scapy.all import *
vlan_pkt = Ether(dst="ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff") / Dot1Q(vlan=999) / IP(dst="192.168.0.1") / ICMP()
ttl_pkt = IP(dst="8.8.8.8", ttl=0) / ICMP()
print("Send packet with bad VLAN tag")
sendp(vlan_pkt, iface="enp2s0f0v0")
print("Send packet with TTL=0")
sendp(ttl_pkt, iface="enp2s0f0v0")
$ ip -s link show dev enp2s0f0
16: enp2s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:ec:ef:b7:e0:ac brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast
0 0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
0 0 0 0 0 0
vf 0 link/ether e2:c6:fd:c1:1e:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
RX: bytes packets mcast bcast dropped
0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets dropped
0 0 0
$ python test.py
Send packet with bad VLAN tag
.
Sent 1 packets.
Send packet with TTL=0
.
Sent 1 packets.
$ ip -s link show dev enp2s0f0
16: enp2s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:ec:ef:b7:e0:ac brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast
0 0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
0 0 0 0 0 0
vf 0 link/ether e2:c6:fd:c1:1e:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
RX: bytes packets mcast bcast dropped
0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets dropped
0 0 0
A packet with non-existent VLAN tag and a packet with TTL = 0 are sent,
but tx_dropped is not incremented.
After patch:
$ ip -s link show dev enp2s0f0
19: enp2s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:ec:ef:b7:e0:ac brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast
0 0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
0 0 0 0 0 0
vf 0 link/ether 4a:b7:3d:37:f7:56 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
RX: bytes packets mcast bcast dropped
0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets dropped
0 0 2
Fixes: dc645daef9af5bcbd9c ("i40e: implement VF stats NDO")
Signed-off-by: Dennis Chen <dechen@redhat.com>
Link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/596333/intel-ethernet-controller-x710-tm4-at2-carlsville-datasheet.html
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 88e6bef69342..2dbe38eb9494 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -5006,7 +5006,7 @@ int i40e_get_vf_stats(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id,
vf_stats->broadcast = stats->rx_broadcast;
vf_stats->multicast = stats->rx_multicast;
vf_stats->rx_dropped = stats->rx_discards + stats->rx_discards_other;
- vf_stats->tx_dropped = stats->tx_discards;
+ vf_stats->tx_dropped = stats->tx_errors;
return 0;
}
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-06-18 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-18 19:52 Dennis Chen [this message]
2025-06-30 16:49 ` [PATCH net] i40e: report VF tx_dropped with tx_errors instead of tx_discards Simon Horman
2025-07-21 9:46 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Romanowski, Rafal
2025-07-17 16:46 ` Dennis Chen
2025-07-17 20:05 ` Tony Nguyen
2025-07-21 9:41 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Romanowski, Rafal
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