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[Alexander Gall <>]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:28:29 +0100, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> Which SDE are you using ?

9.7.1

> I’m using SDE 9.7.0 and did not see these errors …

> Basically, operations_execute() sync counters tied to a table.

Yes, but these counters are *not* tied to tables, are they? They are
indirect counters (e.g. pkt_out_stats in ig_ctl.p4).

> If you don’t yield this primitive counters belonging to tables are not 
> updated at all.

I think they are if you use "from_hw = True" when reading the
entry. That's what I'm doing in the packet broker.

> I tried to upgrade my WEDGE to 9.8.0 but it seems that I have the issues 
> now …
> I’ll get back to you as soon ass as I can solve this upgrade issue.

For the record: I don't see this happening in my 9.8.0 build.

--
Alex

>> Le 17 févr. 2022 à 15:17, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi Frederic
>> 
>> The current bf-forwarder code generates these persistent errors (every
>> 5 seconds) in bf_switchd:
>> 
>> Feb 15 12:14:22 spare-PB1 bf_switchd[26808]: 2022-02-15 12:14:22.995012 
>> ERROR  (BF_BFRT:(file=null):(func=null):0) - server_op_cb:151 Unable to 
>> retrieve bound_program data for client with id 3
>> Feb 15 12:14:27 spare-PB1 bf_switchd[26808]: 2022-02-15 12:14:27.944791 
>> ERROR  (BF_BFRT:(file=null):(func=null):0) - 
>> tableOperationWaitForCompletion:3374 Timed out waiting for completion of 
>> operation for table -2081122291
>> 
>> It appears that this error is caused by
>> 
>> tbl_stats_in.operations_execute(self.bfgc.target, 
>> 'Sync',p4_name=self.bfgc.p4_name)
>> tbl_stats_out.operations_execute(self.bfgc.target, 
>> 'Sync',p4_name=self.bfgc.p4_name)
>> tbl_stats_pkt_out.operations_execute(self.bfgc.target, 
>> 'Sync',p4_name=self.bfgc.p4_name)
>> 
>> in rare/bf_subifcounter/__init__.py. I'm not familiar with
>> operations_execute() but I'm a bit confused by the fact that these
>> objects are not tables but indirect counters.  Does
>> operations_execute() apply to counters too?
>> 
>> Also, what would be the benefit of the Sync operation compared to
>> using "from_hw = True" when reading the counters?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alex
>>