netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibmveth: Fix endian issues with rx_no

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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:28:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	anton@...ba.org
Cc:	santil@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmveth: Fix endian issues with rx_no_buffer statistic

From: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:36:52 +1000

> Hidden away in the last 8 bytes of the buffer_list page is a solitary
> statistic. It needs to be byte swapped or else ethtool -S will
> produce numbers that terrify the user.
> 
> Since we do this in multiple places, create a helper function with a
> comment explaining what is going on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>

Applied, thanks Anton.
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