On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:30:29 -0800
Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote:

> +/**
> + *   vport_record_error - indicate device error to generic stats layer
> + *
> + * @vport: vport that encountered the error
> + * @err_type: one of enum vport_err_type types to indicate the error type
> + *
> + * If using the vport generic stats layer indicate that an error of the given
> + * type has occured.
> + */
> +void vport_record_error(struct vport *vport, enum vport_err_type err_type)
> +{
> +     spin_lock(&vport->stats_lock);

Sorry for over analyzing this... but I don't think the stats_lock
is necessary either. The only thing it is protecting is against 64 bit
wrap. If you used another u64_stat_sync for that one, it could be eliminated.

Maybe?


--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c   2011-11-21 13:56:54.991757053 -0800
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c   2011-11-21 13:57:49.352333329 -0800
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ struct vport *vport_alloc(int priv_size,
        if (!vport->percpu_stats)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       spin_lock_init(&vport->stats_lock);
-
        return vport;
 }
 
@@ -235,6 +233,7 @@ void vport_del(struct vport *vport)
 void vport_get_stats(struct vport *vport, struct ovs_vport_stats *stats)
 {
        int i;
+       unsigned int start;
 
        memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
 
@@ -247,19 +246,17 @@ void vport_get_stats(struct vport *vport
         * netdev-stats can be directly read over netlink-ioctl.
         */
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&vport->stats_lock);
-
-       stats->rx_errors        = vport->err_stats.rx_errors;
-       stats->tx_errors        = vport->err_stats.tx_errors;
-       stats->tx_dropped       = vport->err_stats.tx_dropped;
-       stats->rx_dropped       = vport->err_stats.rx_dropped;
-
-       spin_unlock_bh(&vport->stats_lock);
+       do {
+               start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh(&vport->err_stats.sync);
+               stats->rx_errors        = vport->err_stats.rx_errors;
+               stats->tx_errors        = vport->err_stats.tx_errors;
+               stats->tx_dropped       = vport->err_stats.tx_dropped;
+               stats->rx_dropped       = vport->err_stats.rx_dropped;
+       } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_bh(&vport->err_stats.sync, start));
 
        for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
                const struct vport_percpu_stats *percpu_stats;
                struct vport_percpu_stats local_stats;
-               unsigned int start;
 
                percpu_stats = per_cpu_ptr(vport->percpu_stats, i);
 
@@ -372,7 +369,7 @@ int vport_send(struct vport *vport, stru
  */
 void vport_record_error(struct vport *vport, enum vport_err_type err_type)
 {
-       spin_lock(&vport->stats_lock);
+       u64_stats_update_begin(&vport->err_stats.sync);
 
        switch (err_type) {
        case VPORT_E_RX_DROPPED:
@@ -392,5 +389,5 @@ void vport_record_error(struct vport *vp
                break;
        };
 
-       spin_unlock(&vport->stats_lock);
+       u64_stats_update_end(&vport->err_stats.sync);
 }
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.h   2011-11-21 13:56:54.991757053 -0800
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.h   2011-11-21 13:58:01.448461585 -0800
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct vport_err_stats {
        u64 rx_errors;
        u64 tx_dropped;
        u64 tx_errors;
+       struct u64_stats_sync sync;
 };
 
 /**
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