[ovs-dev] [PATCH] dpif-netdev: Reset RxQ cycles history on PMD reload.

[Gaëtan Rivet]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, at 11:04, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> When a PMD reload occurs, some PMD cycle measurements are reset.
> In order to preserve the full cycles history of an Rxq, the RxQ
> cycle measurements were not reset.
>
> These are both used together to display the % of a PMD that an
> RxQ is using in the pmd-rxq-show stat.
>
> Resetting one and not the other can lead to some unintuitive
> looking stats while the stats settle for the new config. In
> some cases, it may appear like the RxQs are using >100% of a PMD.
>
> This resolves when the stats settle for the new config, but
> seeing RxQs apparently using >100% of a PMD may confuse a user
> and lead them to think there is a bug.
>
> To avoid this, reset the RxQ cycle measurements on PMD reload.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>

Change seems reasonable,
Acked-by: Gaetan Rivet <grive at u256.net>

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Gaetan Rivet