netdev - Re: consistency for statistics with XDP mode

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Message-Id: <20181203.113224.1006137365114345441.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:32:24 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     brouer@...hat.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, mst@...hat.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, toke@...e.dk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        pstaszewski@...are.pl, jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: consistency for statistics with XDP mode

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 08:56:28 -0700

> I do not want Linux + XDP to require custom anything to debug basic
> functionality - such as isolating a packet drop to a specific point.

Definitely we need to let people choose to arrange things that way
if they want to do so.  It is not our place to make to make that kind
of decision for them.

If they want custom statistics and a custom representation of objects
in their tools, etc.  That is completely fine.

XDP is not about forcing a model of these things upon people.