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SubjectRe: [PATCH linux-next] net: record times of netdev_budget exhausted
On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 20:30:08 +0800 (CST) yang.yang29@zte.com.cn wrote:
> > Presumably, modern tracing techniques can let you do what you want
> > without adding new counters.
>
> By the way, should we add a tracepoint likes trace_napi_poll() to make
> it easier? Something likes:
> if (unlikely(budget <= 0 ||
> time_after_eq(jiffies, time_limit))) {
> sd->time_squeeze++;
> + trace_napi_poll(budget, jiffies, time_limit);
> break;
> }

In my experience - no this is not useful.

Sorry if this is too direct, but it seems to me like you're trying hard
to find something useful to do in this area without a clear use case.
We have coding tasks which would definitely be useful and which nobody
has time to accomplish. Please ask if you're trying to find something
to do.

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