From: Tobias Klauser <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:57:09 +0200
> With a quick git/google search I couldn't really find any information on
> why net_device_stats was deemed legacy and whether it is still allowed
> to be used. It seems the comment saying so was introduced in
> 536721b1cb3f ("net: kernel-doc compliant documentation for net_device")
> but neither the log message specifies nor the mailing list thread
> provide any further information.
The 64-bit link stats overflow less frequently and are the native format
passed to modern applications fetching stats via netlink.
