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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:17 -0800

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/[email-masked]/
> >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.