[dpdk-dev] xstats performance

[Remy Horton]

On 29/06/2016 17:40, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
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> I don't think it is possible to standardize stats ids, for two reasons:
> - it is hard to maintain and avoid conflicts between drivers
> - the drivers would have to lookup the names which degrades performance

I designed it that way to keep flexibility down the line rather than 
specifically for the above use-case.


> I think the idea of Olivier would improve the performance of stats retrieval,
> which was the idea of this rework :)
> Unfortunately we need someone available to fix it quickly for RC2.

For all the current drivers xstats_names[idx].id==idx so it would just 
involve removing the references to the id field and updating the 
documentation. Complication is coordinating with QLogic for the bnx2x & 
qede xstats patches.

..Remy