[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] lib/bitratestats: fix integer roundoff
Remy Horton
remy.horton at intel.com
Wed Apr 19 15:26:48 CEST 2017
In the absence of traffic, it is possible for the bitrate moving average
to get stuck at a non-zero value, due to the calculated delta being less
than what an integer can represent.
Fixes: 2ad7ba9a6567 ("bitrate: add bitrate statistics library")
Signed-off-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton at intel.com>
---
lib/librte_bitratestats/rte_bitrate.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_bitratestats/rte_bitrate.c b/lib/librte_bitratestats/rte_bitrate.c
index 260750f..193aa69 100644
--- a/lib/librte_bitratestats/rte_bitrate.c
+++ b/lib/librte_bitratestats/rte_bitrate.c
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ rte_stats_bitrate_calc(struct rte_stats_bitrates *bitrate_data,
else
delta = (delta * alpha_percent - 50) / 100;
port_data->ewma_ibits += delta;
+ /* Integer roundoff prevents EWMA between 0 and (100/alpha_percent)
+ * ever reaching zero in no-traffic conditions
+ */
+ if (cnt_bits == 0 && delta == 0)
+ port_data->ewma_ibits = 0;
port_data->mean_ibits = cnt_bits;
/* Outgoing bitrate (also EWMA) */
@@ -132,6 +137,8 @@ rte_stats_bitrate_calc(struct rte_stats_bitrates *bitrate_data,
else
delta = (delta * alpha_percent - 50) / 100;
port_data->ewma_obits += delta;
+ if (cnt_bits == 0 && delta == 0)
+ port_data->ewma_obits = 0;
port_data->mean_obits = cnt_bits;
values[0] = port_data->ewma_ibits;
--
2.5.5
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