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diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml index 3addac970680..76352dbd2be4 100644 --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ definitions: name: queue-type type: enum entries: [ rx, tx ] + - + name: qstats-scope + type: flags + entries: [ queue ] attribute-sets: - @@ -265,6 +269,73 @@ attribute-sets: doc: ID of the NAPI instance which services this queue. type: u32 + - + name: qstats + doc: | + Get device statistics, scoped to a device or a queue. + These statistics extend (and partially duplicate) statistics available + in struct rtnl_link_stats64. + Value of the `scope` attribute determines how statistics are + aggregated. When aggregated for the entire device the statistics + represent the total number of events since last explicit reset of + the device (i.e. not a reconfiguration like changing queue count). + When reported per-queue, however, the statistics may not add + up to the total number of events, will only be reported for currently + active objects, and will likely report the number of events since last + reconfiguration. + attributes: + - + name: ifindex + doc: ifindex of the netdevice to which stats belong. + type: u32 + checks: + min: 1 + - + name: queue-type + doc: Queue type as rx, tx, for queue-id. + type: u32 + enum: queue-type + - + name: queue-id + doc: Queue ID, if stats are scoped to a single queue instance. + type: u32 + - + name: scope + doc: | + What object type should be used to iterate over the stats. + type: uint + enum: qstats-scope + - + name: rx-packets + doc: | + Number of wire packets successfully received and passed to the stack. + For drivers supporting XDP, XDP is considered the first layer + of the stack, so packets consumed by XDP are still counted here. + type: uint + value: 8 # reserve some attr ids in case we need more metadata later + - + name: rx-bytes + doc: Successfully received bytes, see `rx-packets`. + type: uint + - + name: tx-packets + doc: | + Number of wire packets successfully sent. Packet is considered to be + successfully sent once it is in device memory (usually this means + the device has issued a DMA completion for the packet). + type: uint + - + name: tx-bytes + doc: Successfully sent bytes, see `tx-packets`. + type: uint + - + name: rx-alloc-fail + doc: | + Number of times skb or buffer allocation failed on the Rx datapath. + Allocation failure may, or may not result in a packet drop, depending + on driver implementation and whether system recovers quickly. + type: uint + operations: list: - @@ -405,6 +476,26 @@ operations: attributes: - ifindex reply: *napi-get-op + - + name: qstats-get + doc: | + Get / dump fine grained statistics. Which statistics are reported + depends on the device and the driver, and whether the driver stores + software counters per-queue. + attribute-set: qstats + dump: + request: + attributes: + - scope + reply: + attributes: + - ifindex + - queue-type + - queue-id + - rx-packets + - rx-bytes + - tx-packets + - tx-bytes mcast-groups: list: |