netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] vxge: Implement 64bit stats

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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:17:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jon.mason@...r.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ramkrishna.Vepa@...r.com, Sivakumar.Subramani@...r.com,
	Sreenivasa.Honnur@...r.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] vxge: Implement 64bit stats

From: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...r.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:53:31 -0500

> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 06:42:54AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> vxge_get_stats() is racy, since it clears a block of memory (net_stats)
>> possibly still used by other cpus.
>> 
>> We can update this driver to full 64bit stats, since ndo_get_stats64()
>> provides a private block to store results, and driver maintains 64bit
>> counters already.
>> 
>> We also remove net_stats field from struct vxge_sw_stats
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...r.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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