netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/3] flow_offload: Re-add per-action statistics

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 09:33:04 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
Cc:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@...filter.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "Andy Gospodarek" <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Vishal Kulkarni <vishal@...lsio.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/3] flow_offload: Re-add per-action
 statistics

On Thu, 23 May 2019 17:21:49 +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 22/05/2019 23:20, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 May 2019 22:37:16 +0100, Edward Cree wrote:  
> >> * removed RFC tags  
> > Why?  There is still no upstream user for this  
> Well, patch #2 updates drivers to the changed API, which is kinda an
>  "upstream user" if you squint... admittedly patch #1 is a bit dubious
>  in that regard;

Both 1 and 2 are dubious if you ask me.  Complexity added for no
upstream gain.  3 is a good patch, perhaps worth posting it separately
rather than keeping it hostage to the rest of the series? :)

Side note - it's not clear why open code the loop in every driver rather
than having flow_stats_update() handle the looping?