From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F33D7F for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:44:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out-218.mta1.migadu.com (out-218.mta1.migadu.com [IPv6:2001:41d0:203:375::da]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86AB9E6C for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.dev; s=key1; t=1694659462; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=BGWpTABKSaIW7hxP7IMITxALKfibGVZu4WYwg1dXZeI=; b=VxedqEWv4RYa3FnYvC2tK0gFvXFn5F1XNkpgw8TENyAlN9OvCmiRqCY9RseoMg17HIjNHD v7yuJel2dSFX42c0Pb5yeIOinuB1Yk00sOqiGC9WzsvqMTUKLrVXZ1VWUHI7icKsuHY4qk uKwaJUAMCjHhIgtf/Nz5KqE0FiBo0vc= Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:44:14 +0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/core: Export dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc sets Content-Language: en-US To: Alexander Lobakin Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20230911082016.3694700-1-yajun.deng@linux.dev> <9a1de9b3-b3cf-d26b-388e-c98294580bca@intel.com> <599cdff8-4865-3ade-0439-36e337891ca0@linux.dev> X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Yajun Deng In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT On 2023/9/13 17:58, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > From: Yajun Deng > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:08:08 +0800 > >> On 2023/9/13 00:22, Alexander Lobakin wrote: >>> From: Yajun Deng >>> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:20:16 +0800 > [...] > >>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_core_stats_inc); // Why not GPL BTW? >> This may be a better option. >> >> Just because EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_core_stats_alloc) before,  but I think >> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is better. > Ah I see. BTW, if you will still define increment functions as > externals, there will be no reason to export netdev_core_stats_alloc() > or even make it non-static at all. > >> >>> And then build inlines: >>> >>> #define DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(FIELD) \ >>> static inline void \ >>> dev_core_stats_##FIELD##_inc(struct net_device *dev) \ >>> { \ >>> dev_core_stats_inc(dev, \ >>> offsetof(struct net_device_core_stats, FIELD)); \ >>> } >>> >>> DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(rx_dropped); >>> ... >>> >>> OR even just make them macros >>> >>> #define __DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(dev, field) \ >>> dev_core_stats_inc(dev, \ >>> offsetof(struct net_device_core_stats, field)) >>> >>> #define dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(dev) \ >>> __DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(dev, rx_dropped) >>> ... >> I would like the former.  Keep it the same as before. > By "the former" you mean to build static inlines or externals? Seems > like the first one, but I got confused by your "the same as before" :D > >> >>> Just don't copy that awful Thunderbird's line wrap and don't assume this >>> code builds and works and that is something finished/polished. >>> >>> You'll be able to trace functions and you'll be able to understand which >>> counter has been incremented by checking the second argument, i.e. the >>> field offset (IIRC tracing shows you arguments). >>> And that way you wouldn't geometrically increase the number of symbol >>> exports and deal with its consequences. >> I agree that. > Ok, after this one I guess you meant "I'd like to use your approach with > static inlines". Finally, I give up this approach. The new function dev_core_stats_inc() didn't called by external modules directly. So EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_core_stats_inc) can be removed by anyone. >>>> >>>> /** >>>> * dev_get_stats - get network device statistics >>> Thanks, >>> Olek > Thanks, > Olek