[PATCH] net/mlx5: add hardware query for basic stats
Rayane Boussanni
rboussanni at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 00:40:12 CEST 2026
When MLX5_PMD_SOFT_COUNTERS is not defined, the basic dev statistics
(rte_eth_stats) previously fell back to returning zeroed values for
all packet and byte metrics.
This patch resolves the FIXMEs in mlx5_stats_get and mlx5_stats_reset
by falling back to the target's dev counters map. It utilizes
mlx5_os_read_dev_counters to retrieve the bulk arrays from the hardware
and strategically filters them against the xstats_ctrl index to
summarize the basic opackets, obytes, ipackets, ibytes, oerrors,
and ierrors without duplicating the context-switch overhead.
Signed-off-by: Rayane Boussanni <rboussanni at gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
index 5cd3e303cc..198f231559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_stats.c
@@ -280,7 +280,46 @@ mlx5_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_stats *stats,
tmp.imissed = stats_ctrl->imissed;
}
#ifndef MLX5_PMD_SOFT_COUNTERS
- /* FIXME: retrieve and add hardware counters. */
+ {
+ uint64_t counters[MLX5_MAX_XSTATS];
+ struct mlx5_xstats_ctrl *xstats_ctrl = &priv->xstats_ctrl;
+ bool bond_master = (priv->master && priv->pf_bond >= 0);
+
+ ret = mlx5_os_read_dev_counters(dev, bond_master, counters);
+ if (ret) {
+ DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u unable to read device counters",
+ dev->data->port_id);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i != xstats_ctrl->mlx5_stats_n; ++i) {
+ const char *name = xstats_ctrl->info[i].dpdk_name;
+ uint64_t val = (counters[i] - xstats_ctrl->base[i]);
+
+ if (!strcmp(name, "rx_unicast_packets") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_multicast_packets") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_broadcast_packets"))
+ tmp.ipackets += val;
+ else if (!strcmp(name, "rx_unicast_bytes") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_multicast_bytes") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_broadcast_bytes"))
+ tmp.ibytes += val;
+ else if (!strcmp(name, "tx_unicast_packets") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "tx_multicast_packets") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "tx_broadcast_packets"))
+ tmp.opackets += val;
+ else if (!strcmp(name, "tx_unicast_bytes") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "tx_multicast_bytes") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "tx_broadcast_bytes"))
+ tmp.obytes += val;
+ else if (!strcmp(name, "rx_wqe_errors") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_phy_crc_errors") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_phy_in_range_len_errors") ||
+ !strcmp(name, "rx_phy_symbol_errors"))
+ tmp.ierrors += val;
+ else if (!strcmp(name, "tx_phy_errors"))
+ tmp.oerrors += val;
+ }
+ }
#endif
*stats = tmp;
return 0;
@@ -319,7 +358,21 @@ mlx5_stats_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
mlx5_os_read_dev_stat(priv, "out_of_buffer", &stats_ctrl->imissed_base);
stats_ctrl->imissed = 0;
#ifndef MLX5_PMD_SOFT_COUNTERS
- /* FIXME: reset hardware counters. */
+ {
+ uint64_t counters[MLX5_MAX_XSTATS];
+ struct mlx5_xstats_ctrl *xstats_ctrl = &priv->xstats_ctrl;
+ bool bond_master = (priv->master && priv->pf_bond >= 0);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = mlx5_os_read_dev_counters(dev, bond_master, counters);
+ if (ret) {
+ DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u unable to read device counters",
+ dev->data->port_id);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i != xstats_ctrl->mlx5_stats_n; ++i)
+ xstats_ctrl->base[i] = counters[i];
+ }
#endif
return 0;
--
2.34.1
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