On Mon, 13 May 2024 09:23:08 +0100 Maryam Tahhan <mtah...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 10/05/2024 16:06, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > You don't have to use local statistic for this, there already is one in the > > dev struct > > i.e dev->data->rx_mbuf_alloc_failed. The problem is you need the DPDK port > > number to find > > what dev is. > > I think the diff id that dev->data->rx_mbuf_alloc_failed would reflect > the pure HW(NIC) failed allocations where as the local alloc_failed > would reflect the failed allocations on the xdp side. Both should be > accounted for. Since this is not the fast path, why not just increment the global statistic. This is a SW driver, but it can increment statistics just like a HW NIC driver.
