netdev - Re: [PATCH] macvlan: lockless tx path

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Message-ID: <1289431450.17691.116.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:24:10 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: lockless tx path

Le mercredi 10 novembre 2010 à 14:53 -0800, Ben Greear a écrit :

> Then it's busted.  If it claims to return stats64, but instead is returning
> something different, it is wrong.  Netlink API still defines a stats32, so
> the kernel should use that if it can't reliably deal with 64-bit counters.
> 

It claims nothing like that. You obviously assumed wrong things.

It provides a framework, not a mandatory or exclusive one.

Really this endless discussion is going nowhere.

I suggest you send patches if you want, I am very pleased by current
stats handling.



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