netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] net: Enable 64-bit net device statistics on 32-bit architectures

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Date:	Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:56:50 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, arnd@...db.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] net: Enable 64-bit net device statistics on
 32-bit architectures

On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 12:35 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> > And the whole tree needs to be inspected to make sure there isn't going
> > to be fallout in areas your patch didn't take care of wrt. printf format
> > strings and the like.
> > 
> > What was always "unsigned long" is now a variable type, therefore using
> > a fixed printf format string is impossible unless you always cast these
> > things when passed in as printf arguments.
> 
> Yes, that's true if there are drivers out there printing members of
> net_device_stats.  I admit I haven't checked for that.  (Hmm, might be
> time to try Coccinelle.)

There are a few of those, so I'll keep the declared type as unsigned
long rather than making the sizes explicit.

Ben.

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