netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ip6tnl: percpu stats accounting

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Message-Id: <20100929.132733.229731825.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:27:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ip6tnl: percpu stats accounting

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:23:34 +0200

> Maintain per_cpu tx_bytes, tx_packets, rx_bytes, rx_packets.
> 
> Other seldom used fields are kept in netdev->stats structure, possibly
> unsafe.
> 
> This is a preliminary work to support lockless transmit path, and
> correct RX stats, that are already unsafe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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