netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] mpls: packet stats

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Message-Id: <20160216.104115.1576720778383292937.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:41:15 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rshearma@...cade.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] mpls: packet stats

Statistics not provided via netlink are useless in real installations.

In fact I would say to forego the proc interface entirely, it's a second
class citizen for statistics gathering and has a non-triviel per-device
cost for instantiation.