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From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
	stable@dpdk.org, Andy Moreton <amoreton@xilinx.com>,
	Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	Kuba Kozak <kubax.kozak@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 04/11] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks getting xstats by IDs
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:47:37 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4c0a892b-ed33-4f90-7ecc-6af5ed754e76@oktetlabs.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2601474d-1cc7-c819-e950-43bcbbf548b7@intel.com>

On 7/23/21 5:31 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 7/22/2021 10:33 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> On 7/20/21 7:51 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>> On 6/4/2021 3:42 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>>>> From: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
>>>>
>>>> Update xstats by IDs callbacks documentation in accordance with
>>>> ethdev usage of these callbacks. Document valid combinations of
>>>> input arguments to make driver implementation simpler.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 79c913a42f0 ("ethdev: retrieve xstats by ID")
>>>> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Andy Moreton <amoreton@xilinx.com>

[snip]

>>>> + * @param dev
>>>> + *   ethdev handle of port.
>>>> + * @param xstats_names
>>>> + *   An rte_eth_xstat_name array of at least *size* elements to
>>>> + *   be filled. Can be NULL together with @p ids to retrieve number of
>>>> + *   available statistics.
>>>
>>> As far as I understand both _by_id APIs and devops behave same, so argument
>>> descriptions/behavior should be same.
>>
>> In fact no, it is slightly different. For example, devops is never
>> called with NULL ids and not NULL names or non-zero size. It allows to
>> check less in drivers.
>>
> 
> I am not sure if this difference is intentional.

What we're trying to do here is to document existing usage of these
callbacks to more strictly define valid input parameters to allow
drivers to support less combinations (to make implementation simpler).

So, intentional.

If you're trying to say that API functions could handle less variants,
the answer is simple - it could be discussed, but out of scope of the
patch series since it will be API change.
> 'eth_dev_get_xstats_count()' is ethdev internal function, what do you think
> removing 'xstats_get_names_by_id()' call from it. And make both _by_id() dev_ops
> doesn't accept NULL ids and NULL values/names, so simplifies PMD implementations.
>
In fact the function eth_dev_get_xstats_count() looks buggy since it
does not use  xstats_get_names_by_id positive result if
xstats_get_names is not NULL. Really confusing.

Again, it will be slight change on PMD requirements. May be it is OK
to do, but I'd conduct it separately since it is logically a separate
thing. Current patches just clarify documentation.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-23 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20210604144225.287678-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 01/11] net/sfc: fix get xstats by ID callback to use MAC stats lock Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 02/11] net/sfc: fix reading adapter state without locking Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 03/11] ethdev: fix docs of functions getting xstats by IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-20 16:25   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-22  9:12     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 14:19       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-24 12:06         ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 04/11] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-20 16:51   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-22  9:33     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 14:31       ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-23 18:47         ` Andrew Rybchenko [this message]
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 05/11] net/sfc: fix xstats by ID callbacks according to ethdev Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 06/11] net/sfc: fix accessing xstats by an unsorted list of IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-06-04 14:42 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 07/11] net/sfc: fix MAC stats update to work for stopped device Andrew Rybchenko
     [not found] ` <20210722095433.1898589-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 01/11] net/sfc: fix get xstats by ID callback to use MAC stats lock Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 02/11] net/sfc: fix reading adapter state without locking Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 03/11] ethdev: fix docs of functions getting xstats by IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 04/11] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 05/11] net/sfc: fix xstats by ID callbacks according to ethdev Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 06/11] net/sfc: fix accessing xstats by an unsorted list of IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-22  9:54   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 07/11] net/sfc: fix MAC stats update to work for stopped device Andrew Rybchenko
     [not found] ` <20210723131515.2317168-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 01/11] net/sfc: fix get xstats by ID callback to use MAC stats lock Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 02/11] net/sfc: fix reading adapter state without locking Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 03/11] ethdev: fix docs of functions getting xstats by IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 14:42     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-24 12:07       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 04/11] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 14:46     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 05/11] net/sfc: fix xstats by ID callbacks according to ethdev Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 06/11] net/sfc: fix accessing xstats by an unsorted list of IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-23 13:15   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3 07/11] net/sfc: fix MAC stats update to work for stopped device Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-24 12:33 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v4 1/2] ethdev: fix docs of functions getting xstats by IDs Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-24 12:33   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v4 2/2] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-26 10:13     ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] " Olivier Matz
2021-09-28 12:04       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-07-26 10:13   ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Olivier Matz
2021-09-28 12:01     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-28 12:05 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v5 " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-28 12:05   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v5 2/2] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-28 16:50     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-28 16:53       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-29  8:44         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-29 11:54           ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 12:08             ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-30 14:01               ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 15:30                 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-30 16:01                   ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-28 16:46   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v5 1/2] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-30 14:04 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v6 1/4] " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 14:04   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v6 2/4] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
     [not found] ` <20210930160156.961041-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
2021-09-30 16:01   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v7 1/5] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 16:01   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v7 2/4] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 16:01   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v7 3/5] " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 16:05 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v8 1/5] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 16:05   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v8 3/5] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-09-30 16:33     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01  9:07       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01  9:07 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v9 1/5] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01  9:07   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v9 3/5] ethdev: fix docs of drivers callbacks " Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-01  9:42     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-01 10:22       ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-10-06 10:37         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-10-06 11:08   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v9 1/5] ethdev: fix docs of functions " Ferruh Yigit

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