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| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netdev_queues.h | 54 |
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h index 8b8ed4e13d74..d633347eeda5 100644 --- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h +++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h @@ -4,6 +4,60 @@ #include <linux/netdevice.h> +struct netdev_queue_stats_rx { + u64 bytes; + u64 packets; +}; + +struct netdev_queue_stats_tx { + u64 bytes; + u64 packets; +}; + +/** + * struct netdev_stat_ops - netdev ops for fine grained stats + * @get_queue_stats_rx: get stats for a given Rx queue + * @get_queue_stats_tx: get stats for a given Tx queue + * @get_base_stats: get base stats (not belonging to any live instance) + * + * Query stats for a given object. The values of the statistics are undefined + * on entry (specifically they are *not* zero-initialized). Drivers should + * assign values only to the statistics they collect. Statistics which are not + * collected must be left undefined. + * + * Queue objects are not necessarily persistent, and only currently active + * queues are queried by the per-queue callbacks. This means that per-queue + * statistics will not generally add up to the total number of events for + * the device. The @get_base_stats callback allows filling in the delta + * between events for currently live queues and overall device history. + * When the statistics for the entire device are queried, first @get_base_stats + * is issued to collect the delta, and then a series of per-queue callbacks. + * Only statistics which are set in @get_base_stats will be reported + * at the device level, meaning that unlike in queue callbacks, setting + * a statistic to zero in @get_base_stats is a legitimate thing to do. + * This is because @get_base_stats has a second function of designating which + * statistics are in fact correct for the entire device (e.g. when history + * for some of the events is not maintained, and reliable "total" cannot + * be provided). + * + * Device drivers can assume that when collecting total device stats, + * the @get_base_stats and subsequent per-queue calls are performed + * "atomically" (without releasing the rtnl_lock). + * + * Device drivers are encouraged to reset the per-queue statistics when + * number of queues change. This is because the primary use case for + * per-queue statistics is currently to detect traffic imbalance. + */ +struct netdev_stat_ops { + void (*get_queue_stats_rx)(struct net_device *dev, int idx, + struct netdev_queue_stats_rx *stats); + void (*get_queue_stats_tx)(struct net_device *dev, int idx, + struct netdev_queue_stats_tx *stats); + void (*get_base_stats)(struct net_device *dev, + struct netdev_queue_stats_rx *rx, + struct netdev_queue_stats_tx *tx); +}; + /** * DOC: Lockless queue stopping / waking helpers. * |