netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 00/26] net: introduce and use generic XDP stats

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Message-ID: <20211130090716.4a557036@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:07:16 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 00/26] net: introduce and use generic XDP
 stats

On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:17:24 +0100 Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> > 1. Channels vs queues vs global.
> >
> > Jakub: no per-channel.
> > David (Ahern): it's worth it to separate as Rx/Tx.
> > Toke is fine with globals at the end I think?  
> 
> Well, I don't like throwing data away, so in that sense I do like
> per-queue stats, but it's not a very strong preference (i.e., I can live
> with either)...

We don't even have a clear definition of a queue in Linux.

As I said, adding this API today without a strong user and letting
drivers diverge in behavior would be a mistake.