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Re: [PATCH RFC] wifi: mac80211: Add support for management frames stats

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On 12/20/2024 3:16 PM, Muna Sinada wrote:
> From: Ramya Gnanasekar <quic_rgnanase@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently there aren't statistics in mac80211 that keep track of the
> management frames that are processed in both Tx and Rx. This type of
> statistics is useful in tracking if management frames are successfully
> transmitted or are dropped. These statistics are also needed to
> provide information regarding how many management frames are received.
> 
> Add support to track number of management frames that are processed
> in mac80211 driver and maintain counters for management Tx completion
> status. These statistics are to be included as part of "Extra
> statistics for TX/RX debugging". In order to enable them,
> CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS needs to be enabled in kernel
> configuration.
> 
> This stat is a per phy device stat. It can be dumped using the below
> command:
> 
> cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phyX/statistics/mgmt_frame
> 
> When executing this command, dump management stats for all the virtual
> interfaces of that particular phy device.

Just pinging the community to see if there are any comments on this RFC.
Should we post a [PATCH]?

/jeff




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