netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/14] net: macb: Use net_device_stats from struct net

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Date:   Fri, 07 Apr 2017 07:08:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tklauser@...tanz.ch
Cc:     nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/14] net: macb: Use net_device_stats from
 struct net_device

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:57:09 +0200

> With a quick git/google search I couldn't really find any information on
> why net_device_stats was deemed legacy and whether it is still allowed
> to be used. It seems the comment saying so was introduced in
> 536721b1cb3f ("net: kernel-doc compliant documentation for net_device")
> but neither the log message specifies nor the mailing list thread
> provide any further information.

The 64-bit link stats overflow less frequently and are the native format
passed to modern applications fetching stats via netlink.