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glebius 4b29d585cf 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
bin Fix bin/ build with a 64-bit ino_t. 2012-09-27 23:31:12 +00:00
cddl Make sure that each va_start has one and only one matching va_end, 2012-09-28 07:51:30 +00:00
contrib Make sure that each va_start has one and only one matching va_end, 2012-09-28 07:51:30 +00:00
crypto openssl: change SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER to reflect the reality 2012-09-11 06:10:49 +00:00
etc Make sure moused is exiting as quick as possible after that the 2012-09-24 17:13:33 +00:00
games Add a couple of nice quotes from Edward Everett Hale 2012-07-29 01:01:35 +00:00
gnu For building libstdc++ and libsupc++, filter out any -stdlib=libc++ 2012-08-25 23:08:24 +00:00
include Complete revert of r239963: 2012-09-27 20:06:37 +00:00
kerberos5 Centralize the specification of the krb5 build tools. 2012-06-01 21:26:28 +00:00
lib Slight stylification. 2012-09-28 13:50:37 +00:00
libexec atrun: Do not assume that MAXLOGNAME <= 100. 2012-09-26 20:47:39 +00:00
release - Allow cross-architecture builds with 'generate-release.sh', which 2012-09-26 18:04:16 +00:00
rescue unbreak build: rescue now needs -ljail if MK_ZFS is on 2012-09-20 08:50:39 +00:00
sbin Fix some nearby type and style errors. 2012-09-28 17:34:34 +00:00
secure Upgrade OpenSSH to 6.1p1. 2012-09-03 16:51:41 +00:00
share The drbr(9) API appeared to be so unclear, that most drivers in 2012-09-28 18:28:27 +00:00
sys The drbr(9) API appeared to be so unclear, that most drivers in 2012-09-28 18:28:27 +00:00
tools Add regression test for kern/172075. 2012-09-26 00:25:09 +00:00
usr.bin Make sure that each va_start has one and only one matching va_end, 2012-09-28 07:51:30 +00:00
usr.sbin Change "only only" to "only" in portsnap(8). 2012-09-28 11:40:59 +00:00
COPYRIGHT Happy 2012 to FreeBSD users in Samoa. 2011-12-31 04:38:04 +00:00
LOCKS
MAINTAINERS We moved to subversion ages ago. 2012-09-10 14:11:10 +00:00
Makefile Not all Pmake derivatives silently handle empty shell output, so ensure there 2012-09-12 14:44:25 +00:00
Makefile.inc1 Introduce a new make variable COMPILER_TYPE that specifies what 2012-09-13 16:00:46 +00:00
ObsoleteFiles.inc Add removed if_pflow.h. 2012-09-09 08:14:47 +00:00
README Add the cddl/ directory. 2010-11-14 11:32:56 +00:00
UPDATING Merge the projects/pf/head branch, that was worked on for last six months, 2012-09-08 06:41:54 +00:00

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