[ofa-general] RFC: location for IB CM statistics

[Pradeep Satyanarayana]

Sean Hefty wrote:
> I'd like to start adding some statistical information to the IB CM to help
> identify scalability or connectivity issues.  Some example statistics that I
> would like to expose now are number of retried MADs, unmatched requests, total
> number of connections, etc.  Longer term, additional statistics and information
> on each connection could be added.
> 
> I'm looking for ideas on the best way to expose this sort of data.  Any
> thoughts?
> 
> - Sean

This is a great idea and would be a big help in debugging problems and 
identify performance issues.

An approach similar to /sys/class/net/ wherein stats for various devices 
are given and then a utility akin to netstat that may consolidate these- 
would that be appealing?

Pradeep