Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix VF Tx bytes

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Sat,  8 Jul 2017 15:54:25 -0400
Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com> wrote:

> CRC size on Tx path is not necessary to be excluded.
> 
> Fixes: 98abce237ba7 ("net/i40e: fix VF statistics")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> index 71cb7d3..0585869 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> @@ -2353,9 +2353,6 @@ i40e_update_vsi_stats(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
>  	i40e_stat_update_48(hw, I40E_GLV_BPTCH(idx), I40E_GLV_BPTCL(idx),
>  			    vsi->offset_loaded,  &oes->tx_broadcast,
>  			    &nes->tx_broadcast);
> -	/* exclude CRC bytes */
> -	nes->tx_bytes -= (nes->tx_unicast + nes->tx_multicast +
> -		nes->tx_broadcast) * ETHER_CRC_LEN;
>  	/* GLV_TDPC not supported */
>  	i40e_stat_update_32(hw, I40E_GLV_TEPC(idx), vsi->offset_loaded,
>  			    &oes->tx_errors, &nes->tx_errors);

Whether or not CRC is included in length statistics has been an ongoing
problem in DPDK.  The Linux and BSD standard is to exclude CRC from number
of bytes; Cisco includes it, and Juniper does not.

For application consistency across real and virtual devices, all
statistics for both transmit and receive in DPDK must NOT include CRC bytes.

Is this still an issue in DPDK drivers? Do I need to put it on the
TAB agenda? Is it not clear in the documentation?