[PATCH 0/3] common/sfc_efx/base: add VADAPTER statistics for Medford4
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Aug 11 22:31:06 CEST 2026
On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:49:46 +0400
Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at arknetworks.am> wrote:
> This series adds support for per-VF (VADAPTER) MAC
> statistics on Medford4 in the libefx base layer.
>
> The first patch selectively updates the MCDI headers, adding
> new definitions needed by the subsequent patches.
>
> The second patch introduces netport VADAPTER statistics IDs,
> which identify the per-VF counter set returned by the NIC.
>
> The third patch switches the netport statistics call to use
> GET_NETPORT_STATISTICS_V2, passing the EVB port handle so
> that the correct per-VF counters are retrieved.
>
> Andy Moreton (2):
> common/sfc_efx/base: add support for VADAPTER statistics IDs
> common/sfc_efx/base: switch netport stats to use EVB port ID
>
> Ivan Malov (1):
> common/sfc_efx/base: update MCDI headers
>
> drivers/common/sfc_efx/base/efx_impl.h | 3 +-
> drivers/common/sfc_efx/base/efx_mcdi.c | 2 +-
> drivers/common/sfc_efx/base/efx_np.c | 60 +++-
> drivers/common/sfc_efx/base/efx_regs_mcdi.h | 313 +++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/common/sfc_efx/base/medford4_mac.c | 12 +-
> 5 files changed, 373 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
Detailed AI review had info level comments only.
Reviewed the series against upstream (applied cleanly with git am).
Patch 1 is generated MCDI header import, no review comments.
Patch 2/3 verification notes:
- All five efx_np_mac_stats() call sites are updated for the new
argument order (efx_mcdi.c:2251, medford4_mac.c:175/198/201/205).
The parameter count changed from 5 to 6, so a missed caller would
be a compile error rather than a silent type-compatible swap.
- EFX_MCDI_DECLARE_BUF() was correctly bumped to V2_IN_LEN alongside
emr_in_length, so the new PORT_ID write at offset 20 is in bounds.
- MC_CMD_GET_NETPORT_STATISTICS_V2_IN is a strict superset of V1:
PORT_HANDLE/CMD/DMA_ADDR/DMA_LEN are at identical offsets, only
PORT_ID at 20 is new.
- The new VADAPTER entries in efx_np_mac_stat_map[] land before the
FEC entries in efx_mac_stat_t, so the array size is unchanged, and
the map is only consulted to translate descriptors the FW actually
reports, so the addition is inert on FW without vadapter stats.
efx_mac.c already has the matching name strings, and
medford4_mac_stats_get_mask() derives the mask from the LUT, so the
counters surface automatically.
Info
Patch 2:
- EFX_NP_HW_STAT_ID() shifts the index by
MC_CMD_STAT_ID_MAC_STAT_ID_LBN regardless of the source argument.
This is correct today only because MAC/PHY/VADAPTER_STAT_ID_LBN are
all 16. Using MC_CMD_STAT_ID_##_src##_STAT_ID_LBN would make the
macro self-consistent. Pre-existing (the PHY variant has the same
shape), so no need to fix here unless you are touching it anyway.
Patch 3:
- The request mixes V1 and V2 field names: PORT_HANDLE, CMD,
DMA_ADDR_LO/HI and DMA_LEN still use the
GET_NETPORT_STATISTICS_IN_* names while the length and PORT_ID use
GET_NETPORT_STATISTICS_V2_IN_*. The offsets are identical so this
is functionally correct, but naming all fields V2 would make it
obvious at a glance which msgrequest is being sent.
- The V2 request length is now used unconditionally, with no
capability check or V1 fallback. If any shipping Medford4 firmware
implements only the 20-byte GET_NETPORT_STATISTICS_IN msgrequest,
it will reject the 24-byte request and MAC stats break entirely,
not just the vadapter counters. Is V2 guaranteed present in every
FW build that advertises netport support? efx_np_mac_ctrl() already
makes the same unconditional assumption with MAC_CTRL_IN_V2, so I
suspect the answer is yes and there is a documented FW baseline --
worth a line in the commit message either way.
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