On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:55:47 +0100 Petr Machata wrote:

I still think it would be better to report HW_STATS explicitly as well
though. One reason is simply convenience. The other is that OK, now we
have SW stats, and XDP stats, and total stats, and I (as a client) don't
necessarily know how it all fits together. But the contract for HW_STATS
is very clear.

Would be good to check with Jiri, my recollection is that this argument
was brought up when CPU_HIT stats were added. I don't recall the
reasoning.

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