From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>,
Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>,
Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>,
Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 2/6] ice: pass pointer to ice_fetch_u64_stats_per_ring
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:16:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aSWB8tuqClJGBqrg@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251120-jk-refactor-queue-stats-v4-2-6e8b0cea75cc@intel.com>
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:20:42PM -0800, Jacob Keller wrote:
> The ice_fetch_u64_stats_per_ring function takes a pointer to the syncp from
> the ring stats to synchronize reading of the packet stats. It also takes a
> *copy* of the ice_q_stats fields instead of a pointer to the stats. This
> completely defeats the point of using the u64_stats API. We pass the stats
> by value, so they are static at the point of reading within the
> u64_stats_fetch_retry loop.
>
> Simplify the function to take a pointer to the ice_ring_stats instead of
> two separate parameters. Additionally, since we never call this outside of
> ice_main.c, make it a static function.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
The *copy* was certainly working against us here.
But TBH, C syntax led me to read the code more than
once before seeing it.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-25 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-20 20:20 [PATCH iwl-next v4 0/6] ice: properly use u64_stats API for all ring stats Jacob Keller
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 1/6] ice: initialize ring_stats->syncp Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:15 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-03 22:23 ` Jacob Keller
2025-12-04 12:13 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-18 10:50 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 2/6] ice: pass pointer to ice_fetch_u64_stats_per_ring Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:16 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2025-12-03 22:12 ` Jacob Keller
2025-12-18 10:50 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 3/6] ice: remove ice_q_stats struct and use struct_group Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:16 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-03 22:14 ` Jacob Keller
2025-12-18 10:50 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 4/6] ice: use u64_stats API to access pkts/bytes in dim sample Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:17 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-18 10:51 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 5/6] ice: shorten ring stat names and add accessors Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:17 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-03 22:17 ` Jacob Keller
2025-12-18 10:51 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
2025-11-20 20:20 ` [PATCH iwl-next v4 6/6] ice: convert all ring stats to u64_stats_t Jacob Keller
2025-11-25 10:17 ` Simon Horman
2025-12-03 22:21 ` Jacob Keller
2025-12-18 10:51 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Rinitha, SX
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