[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] introduce dev_ops to get extended statistics of a device

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Matz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:29 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] introduce dev_ops to get extended statistics of
> a device
> 
> The generic statistics structure is getting bigger as new statistics are
> added in specific devices. For instance, fdir, tx_pause or loopback
> stats do not apply on virtual devices. It won't be possible to add every
> specific statistics in this generic stats structure, but on the other
> hand these specific statistics are useful for debugging purpose.
> 
> This 2 patches introduces xstats_get() and xstats_reset() in
> dev_ops. When registered by a device, it can be used to provide
> arbitrary statistics that are identified by a name, as done by eththool
> in kernel.
> 
> After that, some statistics could be moved from the generic structure to
> this new framework, but it will be part of another patch series as it
> should be discussed first.
> 

I like the idea, so Ack on the concept. :-)