Re: [PATCH nft 2/3] meta: add short-hand mnemonic for probalistic matching

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On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 09:35:34AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Allow users to use a simpler way to specify probalistic matching, e. g.:
> 
> meta probability 0.5		(match approx. every 2nd packet)
> meta probability 0.001		(match approx. once every 1000 packets)
> 
> nft list will still show
> meta random <= 2147483647
> meta random <= 4294967

I don't like this asymmetry.

What is the usecase for 'meta random' out of this probability case that
maps to what xt_statistics offers?
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