netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3 2/6] bnx2x: prevent statistics update flow to act before statistics are started

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:17:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dmitry@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 2/6] bnx2x: prevent statistics update flow to
 act before statistics are started

From: "Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:00:36 +0300

> @@ -1830,6 +1830,7 @@ struct bnx2x {
>  
>  	int fp_array_size;
>  	u32 dump_preset_idx;
> +	atomic_t				stats_started;

The only uses of those stats_started member are with atomic_set()
and atomic_read(), neither of which are atomic operations.

If there is existing locking which protects this value, then
a simple "bool stats_started;" would work.

Otherwise, you'll need to use an "unsigned long" set of atomic
bits and operations such as test_and_set_bit().
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