Re: [net-next PATCH] igb: update adapter stats when reading /proc/net/dev.

[Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 20:28, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le mardi 05 octobre 2010 à 15:34 -0700, Jeff Kirsher a écrit :
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 14:16, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@diku.dk> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> >
>> >> Le mardi 05 octobre 2010 à 17:19 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>> >>>
>> >>> Le mardi 05 octobre 2010 à 16:53 +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer a écrit :
>> >>>
>> >>>> Its already racy, because "ethtool -S" reads out the stats immediately,
>> >>>> and thus races with the timer.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> See: igb_ethtool.c
>> >>>>  igb_get_ethtool_stats() invoke igb_update_stats(adapter);
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> You would be surprised how many bugs are waiting to be found and
>> >>> fixed ;)
>> >>
>> >> I took a look at igb stats, and it appears they also are racy on 32bit
>> >> arches. igb uses u64 counters, with no synchronization between
>> >> producers(writers) and consumers(readers).
>> >
>> > Are you saying, that we need more than a simple mutex in igb_update_stats()?
>> >
>> >
>> >> Some fixes are needed ;)
>> >
>> > The question is then if Intel wants to fix it, or let it be up to you or me?
>> >
>>
>> I will make sure that Carolyn and Alex know about the issue.  But,
>> feel free to submit a patch if you guys have the time.
>>
>
> I woke up early this morning, I'll provide patches to fix issues for
> net-next-2.6
>
> I'll let Intel guys doing the backporting work, but for old kernels,
> you'll probably need to use "unsigned long" instead of "u64"
>
> My plan is :
>
> - Provide 64bit counters even on 32bit arch
> - with proper synchro (include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h)
> - Add a spinlock so we can apply Jesper patch.
>
>

Thanks Eric, I really appreciate it.

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Cheers,
Jeff