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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik•org>
To: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@kernel•org>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, davem@davemloft•net,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail•com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] sundance: Add initial ethtool stats support
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:48:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CB0E336.9010605@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CB0C56C.2000106@kernel.org>

On 10/09/2010 03:41 PM, Denis Kirjanov wrote:
> On 10/09/2010 05:27 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> Denis Kirjanov wrote:
>>> Add initial ethtool statistics support
>> [...]
>>> +static void get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>>> +		struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *data)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct net_device_stats *netdev_stats = get_stats(dev);
>>> +	int i = 0;
>>> +
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->tx_packets;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->tx_bytes;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->rx_packets;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->rx_bytes;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->tx_errors;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->tx_dropped;
>>> +	data[i++] = netdev_stats->rx_errors;
>>> +}
>> [...]
>>
>> There is no point in adding ethtool stats that merely mirror the baseline
>> net device stats.
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>
> [PATCH -next v2] sundance: Add ethtool stats support
>
> Add ethtool stats support
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov<dkirjanov@kernel•org>
> ---
> V2:
>   check for the ETH_SS_STATS in get_string()
>   use xstats struct for ethtool stats
>
> drivers/net/sundance.c |   90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   1 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat•com>

glad somebody tackled this...



  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-09 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-09  9:53 [PATCH -next] sundance: Add initial ethtool stats support Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-09 12:17 ` [PATCH net-next] sundance: get_stats proper locking Eric Dumazet
2010-10-09 16:24   ` David Miller
2010-10-09 12:33 ` [PATCH -next] sundance: Add initial ethtool stats support Eric Dumazet
2010-10-09 13:27 ` Ben Hutchings
2010-10-09 14:40   ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-09 19:41   ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-09 21:48     ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2010-10-12 18:51     ` David Miller
2010-10-12 20:36       ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-12 20:57         ` Joe Perches
2010-10-13  6:06           ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-13  6:33             ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-13  7:02               ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-13 10:28               ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-13 10:36                 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-13 10:56                   ` Denis Kirjanov
2010-10-13 19:44                     ` Eric Dumazet

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