Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] net: nexthop: Expose nexthop group stats to user space

[Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>]

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> wrote:
>> @@ -661,8 +663,77 @@ static int nla_put_nh_group_res(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nh_group *nhg)
>>         return -EMSGSIZE;
>>  }
>>
>> -static int nla_put_nh_group(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nh_group *nhg)
>> +static void nh_grp_entry_stats_read(struct nh_grp_entry *nhge,
>> +                                   struct nh_grp_entry_stats *stats)
>>  {
>> +       int i;
>> +
>> +       memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
>> +       for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
>> +               struct nh_grp_entry_stats *cpu_stats;
>> +               unsigned int start;
>> +               u64 packets;
>> +
>> +               cpu_stats = per_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats, i);
>> +               do {
>> +                       start = u64_stats_fetch_begin(&cpu_stats->syncp);
>> +                       packets = cpu_stats->packets;
>
> This is not safe, even on 64bit arches.
>
> You should use u64_stats_t, u64_stats_read(), u64_stats_add() ...

OK.