netdev - interface counters overflow (ppp)

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Message-Id: <200812112142.46202.denys@visp.net.lb>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:42:46 +0200
From:	Denys Fedoryschenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: interface counters overflow (ppp)

Is there any plans to convert ppp counters to 64-bit values?
Sure backward compatible way. (new ioctl call?)

Current speeds on modern interfaces, even on 1Mbit DSL modem (PPPoE 
connection) will overflow pppd counters just in ~10 hours.

Current pppd implementation using SIOCGPPPSTATS ioctl, where is all fields 
related to byte counting is 32-bit.
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