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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst index 32ff114f5c26..04e0595bb0a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst @@ -27,3 +27,46 @@ driver takes over. devlink dev info provides version information for all three components. In addition to the version the hg commit hash of the build is included as a separate entry. + +Statistics +---------- + +RPC (Rx parser) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + - ``rpc_unkn_etype``: frames containing unknown EtherType + - ``rpc_unkn_ext_hdr``: frames containing unknown IPv6 extension header + - ``rpc_ipv4_frag``: frames containing IPv4 fragment + - ``rpc_ipv6_frag``: frames containing IPv6 fragment + - ``rpc_ipv4_esp``: frames with IPv4 ESP encapsulation + - ``rpc_ipv6_esp``: frames with IPv6 ESP encapsulation + - ``rpc_tcp_opt_err``: frames which encountered TCP option parsing error + - ``rpc_out_of_hdr_err``: frames where header was larger than parsable region + - ``ovr_size_err``: oversized frames + +PCIe +~~~~ + +The fbnic driver exposes PCIe hardware performance statistics through debugfs +(``pcie_stats``). These statistics provide insights into PCIe transaction +behavior and potential performance bottlenecks. + +1. PCIe Transaction Counters: + + These counters track PCIe transaction activity: + - ``pcie_ob_rd_tlp``: Outbound read Transaction Layer Packets count + - ``pcie_ob_rd_dword``: DWORDs transferred in outbound read transactions + - ``pcie_ob_wr_tlp``: Outbound write Transaction Layer Packets count + - ``pcie_ob_wr_dword``: DWORDs transferred in outbound write + transactions + - ``pcie_ob_cpl_tlp``: Outbound completion TLP count + - ``pcie_ob_cpl_dword``: DWORDs transferred in outbound completion TLPs + +2. PCIe Resource Monitoring: + + These counters indicate PCIe resource exhaustion events: + - ``pcie_ob_rd_no_tag``: Read requests dropped due to tag unavailability + - ``pcie_ob_rd_no_cpl_cred``: Read requests dropped due to completion + credit exhaustion + - ``pcie_ob_rd_no_np_cred``: Read requests dropped due to non-posted + credit exhaustion |