netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] net_sched: remove get_stats from tc_action

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Message-ID: <52ABC975.2070308@mojatatu.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:59:01 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, David.Laight@...lab.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] net_sched: remove get_stats from tc_action_ops

On 12/13/13 18:23, David Miller wrote:

> Jamal, nobody implements this interface, therefore these extra
> stats are _NEVER_ provided.
 >
> This is the end of the discussion, when there are in-tree users
> of this method you can add it back.

Dave, I think that would be a good arguement if the feature was being
provided in a new set of patches today.
I dont see this as any different than removing an something from a UAPI 
header nobody knows any user of.

cheers,
jamal

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