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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Kyle Larose <eomereadig@gmail.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/11] Port XStats
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:10:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1535165.DJM3Z0EPLK@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMFWN9m7rd0JbseTw5HWKqLrDewgjksTN-PbOKoZUj1LNnP8FQ@mail.gmail.com>

2015-10-29 08:55, Kyle Larose:
> Ultimately the issue we are trying to solve is that there is no device
> independent way to get any detailed statistics from NICs controlled by
> DPDK. These statistics are quite useful, not just for diagnostics, but
> for long term reporting. People using DPDK-based NFV products in a
> production environment are not going to be happy that they cannot, for
> example, see how the packet size bucket counters varied over time
> using some sort of monitoring tool.

I don't understand.
The basic statistics are provided in a common API.
The other ones are not available in every NICs and can only be interpreted
while knowing the device. So what is the need exactly?
Do you know an example of a networking layer having this kind of API?

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-29 13:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-30  9:40 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/11] doc: add extended statistics notes Harry van Haaren
2015-10-22 15:48   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/11] Port XStats Harry van Haaren
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/11] doc: add extended statistics notes Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/10] Port XStats Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/10] doc: add extended statistics to prog_guide Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:18           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/10] Port XStats Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:18             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/10] doc: add extended statistics to prog_guide Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:18             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/10] ethdev: update xstats_get() strings and Q handling Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/10] virtio: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/10] igb: " Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/10] igbvf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/10] ixgbe: add extended statistic strings Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 22:31               ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/10] ixgbevf: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/10] i40e: " Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/10] i40evf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:19             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/10] fm10k: " Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02 10:24             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/10] Port XStats Van Haaren, Harry
2015-11-02 23:23               ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/10] ethdev: update xstats_get() strings and Q handling Harry van Haaren
2015-11-02  7:59           ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-11-02 10:17             ` Van Haaren, Harry
2015-11-02 16:23               ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/10] virtio: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/10] igb: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/10] igbvf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/10] ixgbe: add extended statistic strings Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/10] ixgbevf: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/10] i40e: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/10] i40evf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 11:36         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/10] fm10k: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-30 13:21         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/10] Port XStats Tahhan, Maryam
2015-11-02  8:04         ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/11] doc: add extended statistics to prog_guide Harry van Haaren
2015-10-23 14:29       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/11] ethdev: update xstats_get() strings and Q handling Harry van Haaren
2015-10-23 14:35       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-23 15:28         ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-23 15:28       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/11] virtio: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-10-29 16:19       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/11] igb: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-23 14:56       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/11] igbvf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-28 12:17       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/11] ixgbe: update statistic strings to scheme Harry van Haaren
2015-10-23 14:41       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/11] ixgbevf: add xstats() functions to VF Harry van Haaren
2015-10-28 12:16       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/11] i40e: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-10-23 15:11       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/11] i40evf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-28 12:15       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-22 15:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/11] fm10k: " Harry van Haaren
2015-10-29 16:41       ` Tahhan, Maryam
2015-10-28 17:35     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/11] Port XStats Tom Crugnale
2015-10-28 21:32       ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-10-29  0:55         ` Tom Crugnale
2015-10-29 12:55           ` Kyle Larose
2015-10-29 13:10             ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2015-10-29 13:57               ` Kyle Larose
2015-10-29 14:01                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-10-29 14:10                   ` Kyle Larose
2015-10-29 13:17             ` Van Haaren, Harry
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/11] doc: add extended statistics to prog_guide Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/11] ethdev: update xstats_get() strings and Q handling Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/11] virtio: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30 17:44   ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-10-01  8:00     ` Van Haaren, Harry
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/11] igb: " Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/11] igbvf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/11] ixgbe: update statistic strings to scheme Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/11] ixgbevf: add xstats() functions to VF Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] i40e: add xstats() implementation Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/11] i40evf: " Harry van Haaren
2015-09-30  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/11] fm10k: " Harry van Haaren

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