Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] virtio-serial-bus: Add per-port stats for received, sent, discarded bytes

[Markus Armbruster]

Amit Shah <address@hidden> writes:

> This commit adds port-specific stats for the number of bytes received,
> sent and discarded.  They can be seen in the 'info qtree' monitor output
> for the specific port.
>
> This data can be used to check for data loss bugs (or disprove such
> claims). It can also be used for accounting, if there's such a need.
>
> The stats remain valid throughout the lifetime of the port. Unplugging a
> port will reset the stats.  The numbers are not reset across port
> opens/closes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <address@hidden>

I'm not sure "info qtree" is the right place to show device stats.  I
guess it's the only existing place that comes to mind.  Anthony, what do
you think?