netdev - Re: [PATCH] ppp: add 64 bit stats

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Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:32:26 -0400
From:	Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppp: add 64 bit stats

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:54 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@...il.com>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:19:56 -0400
>
>> Add 64 bit stats to ppp driver.  The 64 bit stats include tx_bytes,
>
> I don't see this as being very practical nor justified.

It is obviously not up to me to decide what is practical or justified
in this case.  I am just always annoyed when I log into my Linksys
router and check the network stats for my PPP interface and have no
idea how many times the transfer stats have rolled over at 4GB.


Kevin
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