net: ethtool: netlink: retrieve stats from multiple sources (eMAC, pMAC)

IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99 defines a MAC Merge sublayer which contains an
Express MAC and a Preemptible MAC. Both MACs are hidden to higher and
lower layers and visible as a single MAC (packet classification to eMAC
or pMAC on TX is done based on priority; classification on RX is done
based on SFD).

For devices which support a MAC Merge sublayer, it is desirable to
retrieve individual packet counters from the eMAC and the pMAC, as well
as aggregate statistics (their sum).

Introduce a new ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC attribute which is part of the
policy of ETHTOOL_MSG_STATS_GET and, and an ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS_SRC
which is part of the policy of ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_GET (accepted when
ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS is set in the common ethtool header). Both of these
take values from enum ethtool_mac_stats_src, defaulting to "aggregate"
in the absence of the attribute.

Existing drivers do not need to pay attention to this enum which was
added to all driver-facing structures, just the ones which report the
MAC merge layer as supported.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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