On Mon, 25 May 2020 17:41:17 -0400 Michael Chan wrote:
> We have logic to maintain network counters across resets by storing
> the counters in bp->net_stats_prev before reset. But not all resets
> will clear the counters. Certain resets that don't need to change
> the number of rings do not clear the counters. The current logic
> accumulates the counters before all resets, causing big jumps in
> the counters after some resets, such as ethtool -G.
>
> Fix it by only accumulating the counters during reset if the irq_re_init
> parameter is set. The parameter signifies that all rings and interrupts
> will be reset and that means that the counters will also be reset.
>
> Reported-by: Vijayendra Suman <vijayendra.su...@oracle.com>
> Fixes: b8875ca356f1 ("bnxt_en: Save ring statistics before reset.")
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.c...@broadcom.com>
Hi Michael!
Could you explain why accumulating counters causes a jump?
