netdev - Re: Bug: alx: Atheros AR8131/AR8151/AR8152/AR8161 Ethernet driver

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Date:	Tue, 06 Aug 2013 05:07:01 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Kinley Dorji <kinleyd@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug: alx: Atheros AR8131/AR8151/AR8152/AR8161 Ethernet driver

On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 13:32 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

> I don't. There are some stats in the original code at
> https://github.com/erikarn/alx, but I removed them because I didn't
> really understand what was going on and don't really care much for the
> stats in the system I'm using this device on - and based on the driver
> I'm not sure I'd use the chip for 'serious' work anyway :)
> 

OK, their code seems clean and should be copied/pasted.


> FWIW, it had ndo_get_stats() but was updating the netdev->stats from
> that handler and then returning them, which seemed a bit questionable.
> 

Its fine, as updates of each field are atomic (unsigned long)



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