net: qstat: extend kdoc about get_base_stats

mlx5 has a dedicated queue for PTP packets. Clarify that
this sort of queues can also be accounted towards the base.

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@fastly.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240529162922.3690698-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
index a8a7e48dfa6caf352ad78767dc271f34206af797..5ca019d294ca3dbfba831c01f46ccc5c2814f15d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h
+++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct netdev_queue_stats_tx {
  * statistics will not generally add up to the total number of events for
  * the device. The @get_base_stats callback allows filling in the delta
  * between events for currently live queues and overall device history.
+ * @get_base_stats can also be used to report any miscellaneous packets
+ * transferred outside of the main set of queues used by the networking stack.
  * When the statistics for the entire device are queried, first @get_base_stats
  * is issued to collect the delta, and then a series of per-queue callbacks.
  * Only statistics which are set in @get_base_stats will be reported