Subject: Re: [V2 RFC net-next PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: export more statistics through ethtool

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 01:19:12 +0300

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 03:52:17PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Satistics counters is useful for debugging and performance optimization, so this
> patch lets virtio_net driver collect following and export them to userspace
> through "ethtool -S":
> 
> - number of packets sent/received
> - number of bytes sent/received
> - number of callbacks for tx/rx
> - number of kick for tx/rx
> - number of bytes/packets queued for tx
> 
> As virtnet_stats were per-cpu, so both per-cpu and gloabl satistics were
> collected like:
> 
> NIC statistics:
>      tx_bytes[0]: 1731209929
>      tx_packets[0]: 60685
>      tx_kicks[0]: 63
>      tx_callbacks[0]: 73
>      tx_queued_bytes[0]: 1935749360
>      tx_queued_packets[0]: 80652
>      rx_bytes[0]: 2695648
>      rx_packets[0]: 40767
>      rx_kicks[0]: 1
>      rx_callbacks[0]: 2077
>      tx_bytes[1]: 9105588697
>      tx_packets[1]: 344150
>      tx_kicks[1]: 162
>      tx_callbacks[1]: 905
>      tx_queued_bytes[1]: 8901049412
>      tx_queued_packets[1]: 324184
>      rx_bytes[1]: 23679828
>      rx_packets[1]: 358770
>      rx_kicks[1]: 6
>      rx_callbacks[1]: 17717
>      tx_bytes: 10836798626
>      tx_packets: 404835
>      tx_kicks: 225
>      tx_callbacks: 978
>      tx_queued_bytes: 10836798772
>      tx_queued_packets: 404836
>      rx_bytes: 26375476
>      rx_packets: 399537
>      rx_kicks: 7
>      rx_callbacks: 19794
> 
> TODO:
> 
> - more statistics
> - calculate the pending bytes/pkts
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <[email-masked]>
> 
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> 
> - style & typo fixs
> - convert the statistics fields to array
> - use unlikely()
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c |  115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 6e4aa6f..909a0a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ module_param(gso, bool, 0444);
>  enum virtnet_stats_type {
>  	VIRTNET_TX_BYTES,
>  	VIRTNET_TX_PACKETS,
> +	VIRTNET_TX_KICKS,
> +	VIRTNET_TX_CBS,
> +	VIRTNET_TX_Q_BYTES,
> +	VIRTNET_TX_Q_PACKETS,
>  	VIRTNET_RX_BYTES,
>  	VIRTNET_RX_PACKETS,
> +	VIRTNET_RX_KICKS,
> +	VIRTNET_RX_CBS,
>  	VIRTNET_NUM_STATS,
>  };
>  
> @@ -54,6 +60,21 @@ struct virtnet_stats {
>  	u64 data[VIRTNET_NUM_STATS];
>  };
>  
> +static struct {
> +	char string[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
> +} virtnet_stats_str_attr[] = {
> +	{ "tx_bytes" },
> +	{ "tx_packets" },
> +	{ "tx_kicks" },
> +	{ "tx_callbacks" },
> +	{ "tx_queued_bytes" },
> +	{ "tx_queued_packets" },
> +	{ "rx_bytes" },
> +	{ "rx_packets" },
> +	{ "rx_kicks" },
> +	{ "rx_callbacks" },
> +};
> +
>  struct virtnet_info {
>  	struct virtio_device *vdev;
>  	struct virtqueue *rvq, *svq, *cvq;
> @@ -146,6 +167,11 @@ static struct page *get_a_page(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *svq)
>  {
>  	struct virtnet_info *vi = svq->vdev->priv;
> +	struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
> +
> +	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> +	stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_CBS]++;
> +	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
>  
>  	/* Suppress further interrupts. */
>  	virtqueue_disable_cb(svq);
> @@ -465,6 +491,7 @@ static bool try_fill_recv(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	bool oom;
> +	struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
>  
>  	do {
>  		if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
> @@ -481,13 +508,24 @@ static bool try_fill_recv(struct virtnet_info *vi, gfp_t gfp)
>  	} while (err > 0);
>  	if (unlikely(vi->num > vi->max))
>  		vi->max = vi->num;
> -	virtqueue_kick(vi->rvq);
> +	if (virtqueue_kick_prepare(vi->rvq)) {
> +		virtqueue_notify(vi->rvq);
> +		u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> +		stats->data[VIRTNET_RX_KICKS]++;
> +		u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> +	}
>  	return !oom;
>  }
>  
>  static void skb_recv_done(struct virtqueue *rvq)
>  {
>  	struct virtnet_info *vi = rvq->vdev->priv;
> +	struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
> +
> +	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> +	stats->data[VIRTNET_RX_CBS]++;
> +	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> +
>  	/* Schedule NAPI, Suppress further interrupts if successful. */
>  	if (napi_schedule_prep(&vi->napi)) {
>  		virtqueue_disable_cb(rvq);
> @@ -630,7 +668,9 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
> +	struct virtnet_stats *stats = this_cpu_ptr(vi->stats);
>  	int capacity;
> +	bool kick;
>  
>  	/* Free up any pending old buffers before queueing new ones. */
>  	free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
> @@ -655,7 +695,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  		kfree_skb(skb);
>  		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>  	}
> -	virtqueue_kick(vi->svq);
> +
> +	kick = virtqueue_kick_prepare(vi->svq);
> +	if (unlikely(kick))
> +		virtqueue_notify(vi->svq);
> +
> +	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
> +	if (unlikely(kick))
> +		stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_KICKS]++;
> +	stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_Q_BYTES] += skb->len;
> +	stats->data[VIRTNET_TX_Q_PACKETS]++;

is this statistic interesting?
how about decrementing when we free?
this way we see how many are pending..

> +	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
>  
>  	/* Don't wait up for transmitted skbs to be freed. */
>  	skb_orphan(skb);
> @@ -943,10 +993,71 @@ static void virtnet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
>  
>  }
>  
> +static void virtnet_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *buf)
> +{
> +	int i, cpu;
> +	switch (stringset) {
> +	case ETH_SS_STATS:
> +		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> +			for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> +				sprintf(buf, "%s[%u]",
> +					virtnet_stats_str_attr[i].string, cpu);
> +				buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
> +			}
> +		for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> +			memcpy(buf, virtnet_stats_str_attr[i].string,
> +				ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
> +			buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
> +		}
> +		break;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static int virtnet_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
> +{
> +	switch (sset) {
> +	case ETH_SS_STATS:
> +		return VIRTNET_NUM_STATS * (num_possible_cpus() + 1);
> +	default:
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void virtnet_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> +				      struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *buf)
> +{
> +	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
> +	int cpu, i;
> +	unsigned int start;
> +	struct virtnet_stats sample, total;
> +
> +	memset(&total, 0, sizeof(total));
> +
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> +		struct virtnet_stats *s = per_cpu_ptr(vi->stats, cpu);
> +		do {
> +			start = u64_stats_fetch_begin(&s->syncp);
> +			memcpy(&sample.data, &s->data,
> +			       sizeof(u64) * VIRTNET_NUM_STATS);
> +		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry(&s->syncp, start));
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < VIRTNET_NUM_STATS; i++) {
> +			*buf = sample.data[i];
> +			total.data[i] += sample.data[i];
> +			buf++;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	memcpy(buf, &total.data, sizeof(u64) * VIRTNET_NUM_STATS);
> +}
> +
>  static const struct ethtool_ops virtnet_ethtool_ops = {
>  	.get_drvinfo = virtnet_get_drvinfo,
>  	.get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
>  	.get_ringparam = virtnet_get_ringparam,
> +	.get_ethtool_stats = virtnet_get_ethtool_stats,
> +	.get_strings = virtnet_get_strings,
> +	.get_sset_count = virtnet_get_sset_count,
>  };
>  
>  #define MIN_MTU 68