netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] igb: update adapter stats when reading /proc/net/dev.

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:01:15 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	hawk@...x.dk, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] igb: update adapter stats when reading 
	/proc/net/dev.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 17:30, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:41:53 +0100
>
>> Network driver igb: Improve the accuracy of stats in /proc/net/dev, by
>> updating the adapter stats when reading /proc/net/dev.  Currently the
>> stats are updated by the watchdog timer every 2 sec, or when getting
>> stats via ethtool -S.
>>
>> A number of userspace apps read these /proc/net/dev stats every second,
>> e.g. ifstat, which then gives a perceived very bursty traffic pattern,
>> which is actually false.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>
>
> Intel folks, I assume you guys are going to integrate this.
>
> Thanks.
> --

Correct, I have sucked this into my queue of patches.

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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