Add functionality for safely appending string data to a TLV without
keeping write count in the caller.

Convert TIPC_CMD_SHOW_LINK_STATS to compat dumpit.
Signed-off-by: NRichard Alpe <richard.alpe@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: NErik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: NYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: NJon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>