linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] networking: Add write/clear capability to /proc/net/dev

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Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 20:49:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mehaf@...anken.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] networking: Add write/clear capability to /proc/net/dev

From: John Mehaffey <mehaf@...anken.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:26:58 -0700

> There is currently no way to reset networking statistics other than to
> rmmod the interface and reinstall it.

This has been NAK'd a thousand times in the past.  We're not
adding a change like this, sorry.

Do it in userspace or similar.
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