[PATCH net-next] net: qstat: extend kdoc about get_base_stats

Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-29T16:29:27Z

mlx5 has a dedicated queue for PTP packets. Clarify that
this sort of queues can also be accounted towards the base.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
Cc: jdamato@fastly.com
---
include/net/netdev_queues.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
index a8a7e48dfa6c..5ca019d294ca 100644
--- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h
+++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct netdev_queue_stats_tx {
* statistics will not generally add up to the total number of events for
* the device. The @get_base_stats callback allows filling in the delta
* between events for currently live queues and overall device history.
+ * @get_base_stats can also be used to report any miscellaneous packets
+ * transferred outside of the main set of queues used by the networking stack.
* When the statistics for the entire device are queried, first @get_base_stats
* is issued to collect the delta, and then a series of per-queue callbacks.
* Only statistics which are set in @get_base_stats will be reported
--
2.45.1