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

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Message-ID: <20240307080339.09125a2f@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 08:03:39 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: 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 Thu, 7 Mar 2024 17:36:35 +0800 Xuan Zhuo 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.
> > More drivers can report things like number of LSO / GRO packets.  
> 
> In this patch set, I just see two for tx, three for rx.
> And what stats do you want to put into this API?
> 
> And on the other side, how should we judge whether a stat is placed in this api
> or the interface of ethtool -S?

A bit of a judgment call indeed, let me reply on patch 3 and we 
can go over them one by one before you invest the time re-coding.