On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:09:45 +0000 Yidong Ren <yid...@linuxonhyperv.com> wrote:
> From: Yidong Ren <yid...@microsoft.com> > > This patch implements following ethtool stats fields for netvsc: > cpu<n>_tx/rx_packets/bytes > cpu<n>_vf_tx/rx_packets/bytes > > Corresponding per-cpu counters already exist in current code. Exposing > these counters will help troubleshooting performance issues. > > for_each_present_cpu() was used instead of for_each_possible_cpu(). > for_each_possible_cpu() would create very long and useless output. > It is still being used for internal buffer, but not for ethtool > output. > > There could be an overflow if cpu was added between ethtool > call netvsc_get_sset_count() and netvsc_get_ethtool_stats() and > netvsc_get_strings(). (still safe if cpu was removed) > ethtool makes these three function calls separately. > As long as we use ethtool, I can't see any clean solution. > > Currently and in foreseeable short term, Hyper-V doesn't support > cpu hot-plug. Plus, ethtool is for admin use. Unlikely the admin > would perform such combo operations. > > Signed-off-by: Yidong Ren <yid...@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
