netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Per interface IPv4 stats (CONFIG_IP_IFSTATS

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:05:53 -0400
From:   Stephen Suryaputra <ssuryaextr@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Per interface IPv4 stats (CONFIG_IP_IFSTATS_TABLE)

I read the thread and understand some of the concerns, but these are
useful for network equipments. That's why in this patch, I made it as
configuration option.
If you have feedbacks, I'll appreciate them.

I can resend when net-next is opened again.

Thanks.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:55:35 -0400
> Stephen Suryaputra <ssuryaextr@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> This is enhanced from the proposed patch by Igor Maravic in 2011 to
>> support per interface IPv4 stats. The enhancement is mainly adding a
>> kernel configuration option CONFIG_IP_IFSTATS_TABLE.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Suryaputra <ssuryaextr@...il.com>
>
>
> Net-next is closed. http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/net-next.html
>
> Also, these kind of statistics have a negative performance impact.