From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
To: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 12/24] ovpn: store tunnel and transport statistics
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 11:33:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81f2c217-e1ac-4f72-949f-b3e2ec5c4650@openvpn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZkHbEKr1k9Q7vgIu@hog>
On 13/05/2024 11:19, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> 2024-05-13, 09:25:29 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>> On 12/05/2024 10:47, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
>>> 2024-05-06, 03:16:25 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>>>> Byte/packet counters for in-tunnel and transport streams
>>>> are now initialized and updated as needed.
>>>>
>>>> To be exported via netlink.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile | 1 +
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/io.c | 10 ++++++++
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c | 3 +++
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h | 13 +++++++---
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/stats.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++
>>>> drivers/net/ovpn/stats.h | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> What I'm seeing in this patch are "success" counters. I don't see any
>>> stats for dropped packets that would help the user figure out why
>>> their VPN isn't working, or why their CPU is burning up decrypting
>>> packets that don't show up on the host, etc. You can guess there are
>>> issues by subtracting the link and vpn stats, but that's very limited.
>>
>> This stats are just the bare minimum to make our current userspace happy :-)
>>
>> But we can always extend the stats reporting later on, no?
>>
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> - counter for packets dropped during the udp encap/decap
>>> - counter for failed encrypt/decrypt (especially failed decrypt)
>>> - counter for replay protection failures
>>> - counter for malformed packets
>>>
>>> Maybe not a separate counter for each of the prints you added in the
>>> rx/tx code, but at least enough of them to start figuring out what's
>>> going on without enabling all the prints and parsing dmesg.
>>
>> Definitely a good suggestion! I'd just postpone it for later, unless you
>> think it's a blocker.
>
> I'm not sure. It's not strictly necessary to make the driver work, but
> from a user/admin's point of view, I think counters would be really
> useful.
>
> Maybe at least increment the rx_dropped/rx_errors/etc counters from
> rtnl_link_stats on the netdevice?
Ok, will start with this and see how much work is to add the err
counters right away.
Thanks for the hint!
--
Antonio Quartulli
OpenVPN Inc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-13 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-06 1:16 [PATCH net-next v3 00/24] Introducing OpenVPN Data Channel Offload Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 01/24] netlink: add NLA_POLICY_MAX_LEN macro Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 02/24] net: introduce OpenVPN Data Channel Offload (ovpn) Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 03/24] ovpn: add basic netlink support Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 0:10 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-08 7:42 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 14:42 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-08 14:51 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 04/24] ovpn: add basic interface creation/destruction/management routines Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 0:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-08 7:53 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 14:52 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 1:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09 8:25 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 10:09 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 10:35 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 12:16 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 13:25 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 13:52 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 05/24] ovpn: implement interface creation/destruction via netlink Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 0:21 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-08 9:49 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 1:09 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09 8:30 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 06/24] ovpn: keep carrier always on Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 07/24] ovpn: introduce the ovpn_peer object Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 16:06 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-08 20:31 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 13:04 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 13:24 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-05-10 18:57 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-11 0:28 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09 13:44 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 13:55 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-05-09 14:17 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 14:36 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 14:53 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-10 10:30 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-10 12:34 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-10 14:11 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 10:09 ` Simon Horman
2024-05-13 10:53 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 15:04 ` Simon Horman
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 08/24] ovpn: introduce the ovpn_socket object Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-08 17:10 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-08 20:38 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 13:32 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-09 13:46 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 09/24] ovpn: implement basic TX path (UDP) Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-10 13:01 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-10 13:39 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-12 21:35 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 7:37 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 9:36 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 9:47 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 10/24] ovpn: implement basic RX " Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-10 13:45 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-10 14:41 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 11/24] ovpn: implement packet processing Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-12 8:46 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 7:14 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 9:24 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 9:31 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-22 14:08 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-22 14:28 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 12/24] ovpn: store tunnel and transport statistics Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-12 8:47 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 7:25 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 9:19 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 9:33 ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 13/24] ovpn: implement TCP transport Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 13:37 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-13 15:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-13 14:50 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-13 22:20 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-14 8:58 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-14 22:11 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-15 10:19 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-15 12:54 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-15 14:55 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-15 19:44 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-15 20:35 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-15 20:39 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 14/24] ovpn: implement multi-peer support Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-28 14:44 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-28 19:41 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-29 15:16 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-29 20:15 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-29 20:45 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 15/24] ovpn: implement peer lookup logic Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-28 16:42 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-28 20:09 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-29 16:42 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-05-29 20:19 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 16/24] ovpn: implement keepalive mechanism Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 17/24] ovpn: add support for updating local UDP endpoint Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 18/24] ovpn: add support for peer floating Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 19/24] ovpn: implement peer add/dump/delete via netlink Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 20/24] ovpn: implement key add/del/swap " Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 21/24] ovpn: kill key and notify userspace in case of IV exhaustion Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 22/24] ovpn: notify userspace when a peer is deleted Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 23/24] ovpn: add basic ethtool support Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-06 1:16 ` [PATCH net-next v3 24/24] testing/selftest: add test tool and scripts for ovpn module Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-07 23:55 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-08 9:51 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 0:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09 8:40 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-07 23:48 ` [PATCH net-next v3 00/24] Introducing OpenVPN Data Channel Offload Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-08 9:56 ` Antonio Quartulli
2024-05-09 0:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09 8:41 ` Antonio Quartulli
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