netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net_sched: act: use a separate packet counters for gact

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Date:	Fri, 03 Jul 2015 06:50:05 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net_sched: act: use a separate packet counters
 for gact_determ()

On 07/02/15 09:07, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Second step for gact RCU operation :
>
> We want to get rid of the spinlock protecting gact operations.
> Stats (packets/bytes) will soon be per cpu.
>
> gact_determ() would not work without a central packet counter,
> so lets add it for this mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>


cheers,
jamal
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