On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 05:45:52PM +0800, Li RongQing wrote:
> This place is fetching the stats, u64_stats_update_begin()/end()
> should not be used, and the fetcher of stats is in the same context
> as the updater of the stats, so don't need any protection
> 
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongq...@baidu.com>


I like the added comment, makes things clearer.

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>


> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 61a57d1..6604339 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -2336,12 +2336,12 @@ static void virtnet_rx_dim_update(struct virtnet_info 
> *vi, struct receive_queue
>       if (!rq->packets_in_napi)
>               return;
>  
> -     u64_stats_update_begin(&rq->stats.syncp);
> +     /* Don't need protection when fetching stats, since fetcher and
> +      * updater of the stats are in same context */
>       dim_update_sample(rq->calls,
>                         u64_stats_read(&rq->stats.packets),
>                         u64_stats_read(&rq->stats.bytes),
>                         &cur_sample);
> -     u64_stats_update_end(&rq->stats.syncp);
>  
>       net_dim(&rq->dim, cur_sample);
>       rq->packets_in_napi = 0;
> -- 
> 2.9.4


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