netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lantiq

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Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:28:06 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@...pl>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, jgg@...pe.ca, yangyingliang@...wei.com,
        arnd@...db.de, rdunlap@...radead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lantiq_etop: add stats support

On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:27:33 +0100 Aleksander Jan Bajkowski wrote:
> This patch adds support for software packet and byte counters.

On a quick look this driver supports multiple queues, so bumping
per-device stats without holding locks (on the rx side) seems racy.
Plus the netdev->stats are deprecated. The "modern" way of implementing
stats is to add the appropriate members to the ring / channel structure
and implement .ndo_get_stats64()