linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 21/26] ice: add XDP and XSK generic per-channel statistics

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Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:07:09 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 21/26] ice: add XDP and XSK generic
 per-channel statistics

On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:55:47 +0100 Petr Machata wrote:
> I still think it would be better to report HW_STATS explicitly as well
> though. One reason is simply convenience. The other is that OK, now we
> have SW stats, and XDP stats, and total stats, and I (as a client) don't
> necessarily know how it all fits together. But the contract for HW_STATS
> is very clear.

Would be good to check with Jiri, my recollection is that this argument
was brought up when CPU_HIT stats were added. I don't recall the
reasoning.

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