[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 09/15] i40e: add statistic indicating number of skipped Tx timestamps

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Thu May 4 22:00:04 UTC 2017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Jacob Keller
> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 10:29 AM
> To: Intel Wired LAN <intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org>
> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 09/15] i40e: add statistic indicating
> number of skipped Tx timestamps
> 
> The i40e driver can only handle one Tx timestamp request at a time.
> This means it is possible for an application timestamp request to be ignored.
> 
> There is no easy way for an administrator to determine if this occurred.
> Add a new statistic which tracks this, tx_hwtstamp_skipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h         | 1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c | 1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c    | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>




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