[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/ixgbe: include QPRDC in imissed stat

[Harris, Cody]

Hi Zhao Wei,

I understand that the QPRDC drop count is available by stats->q_errors. I'm interested to know why imissed doesn't include it. The name imissed makes it sound like the counter counts incoming missed (valid) packets regardless of where the drop occurs during reception.

I think the name imissed is misleading if it doesn't include all types of dropped valid packets, so I made this CR to see how receptive the DPDK maintainers would be to include all dropped packet counts.

Thanks for your review,

~Cody

On 5/28/20, 1:10 AM, "Zhao1, Wei" <wei.zhao1 at intel.com> wrote:

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    Hi, Cody Harris
    
      More info, you can get the number of dropped packet per queue by stats->q_errors,
    No need to add this into imissed.
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Zhao1, Wei
    > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 11:54 AM
    > To: Cody Harris <codh at amazon.com>; dev at dpdk.org
    > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/ixgbe: include QPRDC in imissed stat
    >
    > HI，Cody Harris
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Cody Harris
    > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 1:08 PM
    > > To: dev at dpdk.org
    > > Cc: Cody Harris <codh at amazon.com>
    > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/ixgbe: include QPRDC in imissed
    > > stat
    > >
    > > The ixgbe imissed statstic originally only contained dropped packets
    > > counted by the RXMPC registers. This change includes additional types
    > > of packet drops counted by the QPRDC registers.
    > >
    > > Intel support confimed that the packet drops counted by the QPRDC
    > > registers do not double-count drops counted by RXMPC registers:
    > >
    > > "RXMPC counts packets that are dropped because there is no room in the
    > > internal packet buffer.  QPRDC counts packets that are dropped because
    > > they can't be transferred to system memory. These packets have been
    > > stored in the internal packet buffer, so there should be no overlap with
    > RXMPC."
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Cody Harris <codh at amazon.com>
    > > ---
    > >  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 2 +-
    > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
    > >
    > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
    > > b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
    > > index a4e5c539d..7284ca28e 100644
    > > --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
    > > +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
    > > @@ -3366,7 +3366,7 @@ ixgbe_dev_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
    > > struct rte_eth_stats *stats)
    > >     }
    > >
    > >     /* Rx Errors */
    > > -   stats->imissed  = total_missed_rx;
    > > +   stats->imissed  = total_missed_rx + total_qprdc;
    >
    > If Rx queue is disabled in the RXDCTL register, packet direct to this queue is
    > also dropped and count by this Register QPRDC, but the definition of imissed is
    > "Total of RX packets dropped by the HW because there are no available buffer"
    > in rte layer.
    > So, it maybe mislead users if we mix the 2 statistic, is that so?
    > Also, x550 has other definition for this register, we can not mix them.
    >
    >
    > >     stats->ierrors  = hw_stats->crcerrs +
    > >                       hw_stats->mspdc +
    > >                       hw_stats->rlec +
    > > --
    > > 2.24.1.AMZN