Gleb Smirnoff 063efed28c The drbr(9) API appeared to be so unclear, that most drivers in ... tree used it incorrectly, which lead to inaccurate overrated if_obytes accounting. The drbr(9) used to update ifnet stats on drbr_enqueue(), which is not accurate since enqueuing doesn't imply successful processing by driver. Dequeuing neither mean that. Most drivers also called drbr_stats_update() which did accounting again, leading to doubled if_obytes statistics. And in case of severe transmitting, when a packet could be several times enqueued and dequeued it could have been accounted several times. o Thus, make drbr(9) API thinner. Now drbr(9) merely chooses between ALTQ queueing or buf_ring(9) queueing. - It doesn't touch the buf_ring stats any more. - It doesn't touch ifnet stats anymore. - drbr_stats_update() no longer exists. o buf_ring(9) handles its stats itself: - It handles br_drops itself. - br_prod_bytes stats are dropped. Rationale: no one ever reads them but update of a common counter on every packet negatively affects performance due to excessive cache invalidation. - buf_ring_enqueue_bytes() reduced to buf_ring_enqueue(), since we no longer account bytes. o Drivers handle their stats theirselves: if_obytes, if_omcasts. o mlx4(4), igb(4), em(4), vxge(4), oce(4) and ixv(4) no longer use drbr_stats_update(), and update ifnet stats theirselves. o bxe(4) was the most correct driver, it didn't call drbr_stats_update(), thus it was the only driver accurate under moderate load. Now it also maintains stats itself. o ixgbe(4) had already taken stats from hardware, so just - drop software stats updating. - take multicast packet count from hardware as well. o mxge(4) just no longer needs NO_SLOW_STATS define. o cxgb(4), cxgbe(4) need no change, since they obtain stats from hardware. Reviewed by: jfv, gnn		2012-09-28 18:28:27 +00:00
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infiniband	Remove unneeded ipfw headers introduced in r213447 from Infiniband code.	2012-09-04 10:56:30 +00:00
net/mlx4	The drbr(9) API appeared to be so unclear, that most drivers in	2012-09-28 18:28:27 +00:00