linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: qualcomm: rmnet: don't over-count statistics

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Message-Id: <162369840422.27454.3314678214890028177.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:20:04 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
Cc:     subashab@...eaurora.org, stranche@...eaurora.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: qualcomm: rmnet: don't over-count statistics

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:26:00 -0500 you wrote:
> The purpose of the loop using u64_stats_fetch_*_irq() is to ensure
> statistics on a given CPU are collected atomically. If one of the
> statistics values gets updated within the begin/retry window, the
> loop will run again.
> 
> Currently the statistics totals are updated inside that window.
> This means that if the loop ever retries, the statistics for the
> CPU will be counted more than once.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: qualcomm: rmnet: don't over-count statistics
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/994c393bb688

You are awesome, thank you!
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