From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:05:35 +0200
> The problem we try to handle is about offloaded forwarded packets > which are not seen by kernel. Let me try to draw it: > > port1 port2 (HW stats are counted here) > \ / > \ / > \ / > --(A)---- ASIC --(B)-- > | > (C) > | > CPU (SW stats are counted here) > > > Now we have couple of flows for TX and RX (direction does not matter here): > > 1) port1->A->ASIC->C->CPU > > For this flow, HW and SW stats are equal. > > 2) port1->A->ASIC->C->CPU->C->ASIC->B->port2 > > For this flow, HW and SW stats are equal. > > 3) port1->A->ASIC->B->port2 > > For this flow, SW stats are 0. > > The purpose of this patchset is to provide facility for user to > find out the difference between flows 1+2 and 3. In other words, user > will be able to see the statistics for the slow-path (through kernel). ... Series applied, thanks Jiri.
