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The apc->eth_stats.rx_cqes is one per NIC (vport), and it's on the
frequent and parallel code path of all queues. So, r/w into this
single shared variable by many threads on different CPUs creates a
lot caching and memory overhead, hence perf regression. And, it's
not accurate due to the high volume concurrent r/w.

For example, a workload is iperf with 128 threads, and with RPS
enabled. We saw perf regression of 25% with the previous patch
adding the counters. And this patch eliminates the regression.

Since the error path of mana_poll_rx_cq() already has warnings, so
keeping the counter and convert it to a per-queue variable is not
necessary. So, just remove this counter from this high frequency
code path.

Also, remove the tx_cqes counter for the same reason. We have
warnings & other counters for errors on that path, and don't need
to count every normal cqe processing.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: bd7fc6e1

 ("net: mana: Add new MANA VF performance counters for easier troubleshooting")
Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1685115537-31675-1-git-send-email-haiyangz@microsoft.com

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>