From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Cc: "Mattias Rönnblom" <hofors@lysator.liu.se>,
"Ferruh Yigit" <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>,
"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Andrew Rybchenko" <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
dev@dpdk.org, stable@dpdk.org,
"Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethdev: document that stats reset APIs are not thread-safe
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:33:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240429083345.4a2be5af@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F3FF@smartserver.smartshare.dk>
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:20:13 +0200
Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> wrote:
> > turn talk the control plane, which in turn would talk to the data plane
> > (including <rte_ethdev.h>).
> >
> > Either the control plane or the O&M layer could keep track of a reset
> > offset. Doesn't have to be on the PMD level.
>
> Exactly.
>
> Snapshotting the "reset" offset in the control plane has many advantages.
>
> Let's promote that design pattern, rather than trying to work around different quirks required by different drivers.
>
The other thing that can help in software drivers is keeping per-queue stats.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-29 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-25 16:53 Ferruh Yigit
2024-04-26 12:20 ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-26 15:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-26 15:17 ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-26 22:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-28 15:52 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-04-29 6:20 ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-29 15:33 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2024-04-28 15:48 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-04-29 7:57 ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-29 9:30 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-04-26 21:33 ` Patrick Robb
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