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Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:19:05 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Flavio Leitner <fleitner@...hat.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] e1000e: convert to stats64

On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 09:03 -0800, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 07:14:35PM -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 04:31, Flavio Leitner <fleitner@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:29:33PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > >> Le mardi 14 décembre 2010 à 18:32 -0200, Flavio Leitner a écrit :
> > >> > Provides accurate stats at the time user reads them.
> > >> >
> > >> > Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fleitner@...hat.com>
> > >> > ---
> > >> >  drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h   |    5 ++-
> > >> >  drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c |   27 +++++++++-------
> > >> >  drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c  |   68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > >> >  3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> > >> >
> > >> > diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h b/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h
> > >> > index fdc67fe..5a5e944 100644
> > >> > --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h
> > >> > +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h
> > >> > @@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ struct e1000_adapter {
> > >> >     /* structs defined in e1000_hw.h */
> > >> >     struct e1000_hw hw;
> > >> >
> > >> > +   spinlock_t stats64_lock;
> > >> > +   struct rtnl_link_stats64 stats64;
> > >>
> > >> I am not sure why you add this stats64 in e1000_adapter ?
> > >>
> > >> Why isnt it provided by callers (automatic variable, or provided to
> > >> ndo_get_stats64()). I dont see accumulators, only a full rewrite of this
> > >> structure in e1000e_update_stats() ?
> > >
> > > Good point. I have modified the patch to fix that.
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > From 3487bd7dacd0c23bba315270139dab6e00e5ff02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Flavio Leitner <fleitner@...hat.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:26:03 -0200
> > > Subject: [PATCH] e1000e: convert to stats64
> > >
> > > Provides accurate stats at the time user reads them.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fleitner@...hat.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h   |    3 ++
> > >  drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c |   25 ++++++++-------
> > >  drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c  |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > >  3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> > >
> > 
> > I have dropped you previous version of the patch and applied v2 to my
> > tree for review and testing.
> > Thanks Flavio!
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Do you have any feedback on this patch?
> thanks,

I have the patch ready to push to Dave for net-next, along with a few
other e1000e patches.  I was just waiting for net-next to open (which it
did a few days ago).

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