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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2024-05-29 09:29:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2024-06-01 15:11:52 -0700 |
| commit | 69c8b998717c03adeada070882512ebeae11d71f (patch) | |
| tree | 67f554ed842a7f245ba7e7a9a6e37ab07b64073e | |
| parent | e19de2064fdf6f1f2488e36cf3927c3f1d01803c (diff) | |
net: qstat: extend kdoc about get_base_stats
mlx5 has a dedicated queue for PTP packets. Clarify that
this sort of queues can also be accounted towards the base.
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@fastly.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240529162922.3690698-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netdev_queues.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h index a8a7e48dfa6c..5ca019d294ca 100644 --- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h +++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct netdev_queue_stats_tx { * statistics will not generally add up to the total number of events for * the device. The @get_base_stats callback allows filling in the delta * between events for currently live queues and overall device history. + * @get_base_stats can also be used to report any miscellaneous packets + * transferred outside of the main set of queues used by the networking stack. * When the statistics for the entire device are queried, first @get_base_stats * is issued to collect the delta, and then a series of per-queue callbacks. * Only statistics which are set in @get_base_stats will be reported |