Re: [PATCH net-next v6 3/6] net: bcmasp: Add support for ASP2.0 Ethernet controller

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Jun 06 2023 - 20:16:15 EST


On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 15:58:21 -0700 Justin Chen wrote:
> On 6/2/23 11:58 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 15:12:28 -0700 Justin Chen wrote:
> >> + /* general stats */
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(rx_packets),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(tx_packets),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(rx_bytes),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(tx_bytes),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(rx_errors),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(tx_errors),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(rx_dropped),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(tx_dropped),
> >> + STAT_NETDEV(multicast),
> >
> > please don't report standard interface stats in ethtool -S
> >
>
> These are not netdev statistics but MAC block counters. Guess it is not
> clear with the naming here, will fix this. We have a use case where the
> MAC traffic may be redirected from the associated net dev, so the
> counters may not be the same.

You seem to be dumping straight from the stats member of struct
net_device:

+ if (s->type == BCMASP_STAT_NETDEV)
+ p = (char *)&dev->stats;

No?

Also - can you describe how you can have multiple netdevs for
the same MAC?