Re: [External] Re: [PATCH net] veth: fix ethtool statistical errors

From: Lorenzo Bianconi
Date: Mon Nov 20 2023 - 04:51:55 EST


> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年11月17日周五 17:26写道:
> >
> > > if peer->real_num_rx_queues > 1, the ethtool -s command for
> > > veth network device will display some error statistical values.
> > > The value of tx_idx is reset with each iteration, so even if
> > > peer->real_num_rx_queues is greater than 1, the value of tx_idx
> > > will remain constant. This results in incorrect statistical values.
> > > To fix this issue, assign the value of pp_idx to tx_idx.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 5fe6e56776ba ("veth: rely on peer veth_rq for ndo_xdp_xmit accounting")
> > > Signed-off-by: Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/veth.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > index 0deefd1573cf..3a8e3fc5eeb5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
> > > @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void veth_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> > > for (i = 0; i < peer->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
> > > const struct veth_rq_stats *rq_stats = &rcv_priv->rq[i].stats;
> > > const void *base = (void *)&rq_stats->vs;
> > > - unsigned int start, tx_idx = idx;
> > > + unsigned int start, tx_idx = pp_idx;
> > > size_t offset;
> > >
> > > tx_idx += (i % dev->real_num_tx_queues) * VETH_TQ_STATS_LEN;
> > > --
> > > 2.20.1
> > >
> >
> > Hi Albert,
> >
> > Can you please provide more details about the issue you are facing?
> > In particular, what is the number of configured tx and rx queues for both
> > peers?
>
> Hi, Lorenzo
> I found this because I wanted to add more echo information in ethttool(for veth,
> but I found that the information was incorrect. That's why I paid
> attention here.

ack. Could you please share the veth pair tx/rx queue configuration?

Rergards,
Lorenzo

>
> > tx_idx is the index of the current (local) tx queue and it must restart from
> > idx in each iteration otherwise we will have an issue when
> > peer->real_num_rx_queues is greater than dev->real_num_tx_queues.
> >
> OK. I don't know if this is a known issue.
>
> BR
> Albert
>
>
> > Regards,
> > Lorenzo

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature