[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/3] netdev-dpdk: Add stats for vhost tx retries.
Eelco Chaudron
echaudro at redhat.com
Tue Jun 25 08:07:06 UTC 2019
On 21 Jun 2019, at 15:41, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> vhost tx retries may occur, and it can be a sign that
> the guest is not optimally configured.
>
> Add some stats so a user will know if vhost tx retries are
> occurring and hence give a hint that guest config should be
> examined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> ---
> Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 5 +++++
> include/openvswitch/netdev.h | 1 +
> lib/netdev-dpdk.c | 7 +++++--
> vswitchd/bridge.c | 3 ++-
> 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> index d1682fd05..e79ed082e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> @@ -107,4 +107,9 @@ The guest should also have sufficient cores
> dedicated for consuming and
> processing packets at the required rate.
>
> +The amount of Tx retries on a vhost-user or vhost-user-client
> interface can be
> +shown with::
> +
> + ovs-vsctl get Interface dpdkvhostclient0 statistics:tx_retries
> +
> .. _dpdk-vhost-user:
>
> diff --git a/include/openvswitch/netdev.h
> b/include/openvswitch/netdev.h
> index 0c10f7b48..4d18b9f66 100644
> --- a/include/openvswitch/netdev.h
> +++ b/include/openvswitch/netdev.h
> @@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ struct netdev_stats {
> uint64_t multicast; /* Multicast packets received. */
> uint64_t collisions;
> + uint64_t tx_retries; /* Retries when unable to transmit.*/
>
> /* Detailed receive errors. */
> diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> index 0f3b9c6f4..03a8de380 100644
> --- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> +++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> @@ -2298,5 +2298,6 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_update_tx_counters(struct
> netdev_stats *stats,
> struct dp_packet **packets,
> int attempted,
> - int dropped)
> + int dropped,
> + int retries)
> {
> int i;
> @@ -2305,4 +2306,5 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_update_tx_counters(struct
> netdev_stats *stats,
> stats->tx_packets += sent;
> stats->tx_dropped += dropped;
> + stats->tx_retries += MIN(retries, VHOST_ENQ_RETRY_NUM);
Don’t think this MIN() is needed here, see also comments in 3/3.
>
> for (i = 0; i < sent; i++) {
> @@ -2359,5 +2361,5 @@ __netdev_dpdk_vhost_send(struct netdev *netdev,
> int qid,
> rte_spinlock_lock(&dev->stats_lock);
> netdev_dpdk_vhost_update_tx_counters(&dev->stats, pkts,
> total_pkts,
> - cnt + dropped);
> + cnt + dropped, retries);
> rte_spinlock_unlock(&dev->stats_lock);
>
> @@ -2597,4 +2599,5 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_get_stats(const struct netdev
> *netdev,
> stats->rx_errors = dev->stats.rx_errors;
> stats->rx_length_errors = dev->stats.rx_length_errors;
> + stats->tx_retries = dev->stats.tx_retries;
>
> stats->rx_1_to_64_packets = dev->stats.rx_1_to_64_packets;
> diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> index 2976771ae..3dab8d4c7 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
> +++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> @@ -2409,5 +2409,6 @@ iface_refresh_stats(struct iface *iface)
> IFACE_STAT(rx_oversize_errors, "rx_oversize_errors") \
> IFACE_STAT(rx_fragmented_errors, "rx_fragmented_errors") \
> - IFACE_STAT(rx_jabber_errors, "rx_jabber_errors")
> + IFACE_STAT(rx_jabber_errors, "rx_jabber_errors") \
> + IFACE_STAT(tx_retries, "tx_retries")
>
> #define IFACE_STAT(MEMBER, NAME) + 1
> --
> 2.20.1
>
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