netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] myricom: remove stats

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Message-Id: <20110620.130254.420359139850129723.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:02:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gallatin@...i.com, brice@...i.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] myricom: remove stats_lock

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:07:46 +0200

> stats_lock is non useless, lets remove it.
> 
> Also, ndo_get_stats64() doesnt have to clear the stats, caller takes
> care of this.
> 
> Note: folding 32bit fields in 64bit one is problematic when one of 32bit
> values wraps : SNMP reader will see a ~2^32 back change in a 64bit
> value. A future patch should fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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