netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/6] virtio_net: add the total stats field

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:17 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Michael
 S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/6] virtio_net: add the total stats field

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:07:13 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >Please wait for this API to get merged:
> >https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240226211015.1244807-1-kuba@kernel.org/
> >A lot of the stats you're adding here can go into the new API.  
> 
> Can. But does that mean that ethtool additions of things like this
> will be rejected after that?

As a general policy, yes, the same way we reject duplicating other
existing stats.