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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:29:30 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] netxen: fix a race in netxen_nic_get_stats()

Le mercredi 18 août 2010 à 05:47 -0500, Amit Salecha a écrit :
> Same fix will be require for netxen_nic.

Indeed, here is netxen part

Thanks

[PATCH] netxen: fix a race in netxen_nic_get_stats()

Dont clear netdev->stats, it might give transient wrong values to
concurrent stat readers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index fd86e18..cb30df1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -2032,8 +2032,6 @@ struct net_device_stats *netxen_nic_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct netxen_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &netdev->stats;
 
-	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
-
 	stats->rx_packets = adapter->stats.rx_pkts + adapter->stats.lro_pkts;
 	stats->tx_packets = adapter->stats.xmitfinished;
 	stats->rx_bytes = adapter->stats.rxbytes;


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