[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] app/testpmd: add option to display extended statistics

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/15/2021 12:27 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> From: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> 
> Add 'display-xstats' option for using in accompanying with Rx/Tx statistics
> (i.e. 'stats-period' option or 'show port stats' interactive command) to
> display specified list of extended statistics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>

<...>

> +static int
> +alloc_xstats_display_info(portid_t pi)
> +{
> +	uint64_t **ids_supp = &ports[pi].xstats_info.ids_supp;
> +	uint64_t **prev_values = &ports[pi].xstats_info.prev_values;
> +	uint64_t **curr_values = &ports[pi].xstats_info.curr_values;
> +
> +	if (xstats_display_num == 0)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	*ids_supp = calloc(xstats_display_num, sizeof(**ids_supp));
> +	if (*ids_supp == NULL)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	*prev_values = calloc(xstats_display_num,
> +			      sizeof(**prev_values));
> +	if (*prev_values == NULL)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	*curr_values = calloc(xstats_display_num,
> +			      sizeof(**curr_values));
> +	if (*curr_values == NULL)
> +		return -ENOMEM;

Can be good to free above allocated memory before return.

<...>

> @@ -2886,6 +2990,7 @@ close_port(portid_t pid)
>   
>   		if (is_proc_primary()) {
>   			port_flow_flush(pi);
> +			free_xstats_display_info(pi);

Why free only for primary process?
Aren't these allocated in testpmd level per process?

<...>

> +
> +#define XSTAT_ID_INVALID UINT64_MAX

Is this macro used at all?