Re: [PATCH net v2 2/4] octeon_ep: remove firmware stats fetch in ndo_get_stats64

[Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@intel.com>]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 11:58:40PM -0800, Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> The per queue stats are available already and are retrieved
> from register reads during ndo_get_stats64. The firmware stats
> fetch call that happens in ndo_get_stats64() is currently not
> required
> 
> Fixes: 6a610a46bad1 ("octeon_ep: add support for ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@marvell.com>
> ---
> V2:
>   - No changes
> 
> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241203072130.2316913-3-srasheed@marvell.com/
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 10 ----------
>  1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> index 941bbaaa67b5..6400d6008097 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
> @@ -996,12 +996,6 @@ static void octep_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
>  	struct octep_device *oct = netdev_priv(netdev);
>  	int q;
>  
> -	if (netif_running(netdev))
> -		octep_ctrl_net_get_if_stats(oct,
> -					    OCTEP_CTRL_NET_INVALID_VFID,
> -					    &oct->iface_rx_stats,
> -					    &oct->iface_tx_stats);
> -
>  	tx_packets = 0;
>  	tx_bytes = 0;
>  	rx_packets = 0;
> @@ -1019,10 +1013,6 @@ static void octep_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
>  	stats->tx_bytes = tx_bytes;
>  	stats->rx_packets = rx_packets;
>  	stats->rx_bytes = rx_bytes;
> -	stats->multicast = oct->iface_rx_stats.mcast_pkts;
> -	stats->rx_errors = oct->iface_rx_stats.err_pkts;
> -	stats->collisions = oct->iface_tx_stats.xscol;
> -	stats->tx_fifo_errors = oct->iface_tx_stats.undflw;

I do not see, how it is a fix to remove some fields from stats. If this is a 
cleanup, it should not go to the stable tree.

>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
>