netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ppp: add 64 bit stats

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:39:01 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ppp: add 64 bit stats

On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 23:38 -0400, Kevin Groeneveld wrote:
> Add 64 bit stats to ppp driver.  The 64 bit stats include tx_bytes,
> rx_bytes, tx_packets and rx_packets.  Other stats are still 32 bit.
> The 64 bit stats can be retrieved via the ndo_get_stats operation.  The
> SIOCGPPPSTATS ioctl is still 32 bit stats only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: - do not use percpu variables for stats
>     - use ppp_recv_lock/ppp_xmit_lock when reading 64 bit stats
> 

Seems fine to me this time ;)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>



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