net/mlx5e: Fix race in mlx5e_sw_stats and mlx5e_vport_stats

We have observed a sudden spike in rx/tx_packets and rx/tx_bytes
reported under /proc/net/dev.  There is a race in mlx5e_update_stats()
and some of the get-stats functions (the one that we hit is the
mlx5e_get_stats() which is called by ndo_get_stats64()).

In particular, the very first thing mlx5e_update_sw_counters()
does is 'memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s))'.  For example, if mlx5e_get_stats()
is unlucky at one point, rx_bytes and rx_packets could be 0.  One second
later, a normal (and much bigger than 0) value will be reported.

This patch is to use a 'struct mlx5e_sw_stats temp' to avoid
a direct memset zero on priv->stats.sw.

mlx5e_update_vport_counters() has a similar race.  Hence, addressed
together.  However, memset zero is removed instead because
it is not needed.

I am lucky enough to catch this 0-reset in rx multicast:
eth0: 41457665   76804   70    0    0    70          0     47085 15586634   87502    3    0    0     0       3          0
eth0: 41459860   76815   70    0    0    70          0     47094 15588376   87516    3    0    0     0       3          0
eth0: 41460577   76822   70    0    0    70          0         0 15589083   87521    3    0    0     0       3          0
eth0: 41463293   76838   70    0    0    70          0     47108 15595872   87538    3    0    0     0       3          0
eth0: 41463379   76839   70    0    0    70          0     47116 15596138   87539    3    0    0     0       3          0

v2: Remove memset zero from mlx5e_update_vport_counters()
v1: Use temp and memcpy

Fixes: 9218b44dcc05 ("net/mlx5e: Statistics handling refactoring")
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Acked-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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