netdev - Re: [PATCH] ifb: add multi-queue support

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Message-ID: <4AF9471C.5080606@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:32 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ifb: add multi-queue support

Changli Gao a écrit :
> 2009/11/10 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>:
>> Not sure how to solve this problem (several cpus can updates counter in //)
>>
> Thanks, and follow your suggestions. I can maintain the counter per TX
> queue, and update it in a timer handler like ixgbe or implement our
> own struct net_device_stats* (*ndo_get_stats)(struct net_device *dev),
> and update the counters when it gets called.

Please no timer stuff :)

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