linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: device - added support of clearing device statistics

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Message-ID: <1336663107.12504.155.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 17:18:27 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: device - added support of clearing device
 statistics

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 20:46 +0530, Sasikantha babu wrote:
> This patch adds the support of clearing device statistics. Added new 
> entry ndo_clear_stats to net_device_ops for device drivers to provide
> there own method to clear stats otherwise internal statistics structure
> is cleared.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@...il.com>

This is forbidden and racy.

SNMP counters must be increasing.



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