netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: 64bit stats need some extra synchronization

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Message-ID: <20140714101926.GA18398@salvia>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:19:26 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: 64bit stats need some extra
 synchronization

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 03:14:06PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Use generic u64_stats_sync infrastructure to get proper 64bit stats,
> even on 32bit arches, at no extra cost for 64bit arches.
> 
> Without this fix, 32bit arches can have some wrong counters at the time
> the carry is propagated into upper word.

Applied, thanks for spotting this Eric.
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