2014-07-23 18:41, Richardson, Bruce: > > The generic statistics structure is getting bigger as new statistics are > > added in specific devices. For instance, fdir, tx_pause or loopback > > stats do not apply on virtual devices. It won't be possible to add every > > specific statistics in this generic stats structure, but on the other > > hand these specific statistics are useful for debugging purpose. > > > > This 2 patches introduces xstats_get() and xstats_reset() in > > dev_ops. When registered by a device, it can be used to provide > > arbitrary statistics that are identified by a name, as done by eththool > > in kernel. > > > > After that, some statistics could be moved from the generic structure to > > this new framework, but it will be part of another patch series as it > > should be discussed first. > > I like the idea, so Ack on the concept. :-)
Applied with some minor fixes in the comments. Next step is to move some fields from rte_eth_stats to extended stats. First candidates to move are the VF-only counters. Thanks -- Thomas
