From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:51:27 -0700
> I would like to see basic packets, bytes, and dropped counters tracked > for Rx and Tx via the standard netdev counters for all devices. This is > for ease in accounting as well as speed and simplicity for bumping > counters for virtual devices from bpf helpers. > > From there, the XDP ones can be in the driver private stats as they are > currently but with some consistency across drivers for redirects, drops, > any thing else. I would go so far as to say we should provide generic infrastructure for this, in the format of a template of statistic name strings, a templace structure to hold the counters, etc.
