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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:11:22 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:11:22 +0000
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@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ definitions:
name: queue-type
type: enum
entries: [ rx, tx ]
+ -
+ name: qstats-scope
+ type: flags
+ entries: [ queue ]
attribute-sets:
-
@@ -265,6 +269,73 @@ attribute-sets:
doc: ID of the NAPI instance which services this queue.
type: u32
+ -
+ name: qstats
+ doc: |
+ Get device statistics, scoped to a device or a queue.
+ These statistics extend (and partially duplicate) statistics available
+ in struct rtnl_link_stats64.
+ Value of the `scope` attribute determines how statistics are
+ aggregated. When aggregated for the entire device the statistics
+ represent the total number of events since last explicit reset of
+ the device (i.e. not a reconfiguration like changing queue count).
+ When reported per-queue, however, the statistics may not add
+ up to the total number of events, will only be reported for currently
+ active objects, and will likely report the number of events since last
+ reconfiguration.
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: ifindex
+ doc: ifindex of the netdevice to which stats belong.
+ type: u32
+ checks:
+ min: 1
+ -
+ name: queue-type
+ doc: Queue type as rx, tx, for queue-id.
+ type: u32
+ enum: queue-type
+ -
+ name: queue-id
+ doc: Queue ID, if stats are scoped to a single queue instance.
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: scope
+ doc: |
+ What object type should be used to iterate over the stats.
+ type: uint
+ enum: qstats-scope
+ -
+ name: rx-packets
+ doc: |
+ Number of wire packets successfully received and passed to the stack.
+ For drivers supporting XDP, XDP is considered the first layer
+ of the stack, so packets consumed by XDP are still counted here.
+ type: uint
+ value: 8 # reserve some attr ids in case we need more metadata later
+ -
+ name: rx-bytes
+ doc: Successfully received bytes, see `rx-packets`.
+ type: uint
+ -
+ name: tx-packets
+ doc: |
+ Number of wire packets successfully sent. Packet is considered to be
+ successfully sent once it is in device memory (usually this means
+ the device has issued a DMA completion for the packet).
+ type: uint
+ -
+ name: tx-bytes
+ doc: Successfully sent bytes, see `tx-packets`.
+ type: uint
+ -
+ name: rx-alloc-fail
+ doc: |
+ Number of times skb or buffer allocation failed on the Rx datapath.
+ Allocation failure may, or may not result in a packet drop, depending
+ on driver implementation and whether system recovers quickly.
+ type: uint
+
operations:
list:
-
@@ -405,6 +476,26 @@ operations:
attributes:
- ifindex
reply: *napi-get-op
+ -
+ name: qstats-get
+ doc: |
+ Get / dump fine grained statistics. Which statistics are reported
+ depends on the device and the driver, and whether the driver stores
+ software counters per-queue.
+ attribute-set: qstats
+ dump:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - scope
+ reply:
+ attributes:
+ - ifindex
+ - queue-type
+ - queue-id
+ - rx-packets
+ - rx-bytes
+ - tx-packets
+ - tx-bytes
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