netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/3] be2net: fix netdev_stats

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:43:57 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/3] be2net: fix netdev_stats_update

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:20:41 +0200
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> Le lundi 27 juin 2011 à 09:43 -0700, Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:10:48 +0530
> > Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Problem initially reproted and fixed by Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> > > 
> > > netdev_stats_update() resets netdev->stats and then accumulates stats from
> > > various rings. This is wrong as stats readers can sometimes catch zero values.
> > > Use temporary variables instead for accumulating per-ring values.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
> > 
> > Should also use u64_stats_sync to ensure correct rollover or 32 bit SMP
> > platform.
> 
> These are "unsigned long" fields, you dont need u64_stats_sync.

The source fields (in be.h) are u64, but since destination is unsigned long
that works.
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