netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: User per-cpu 64-bit statistics

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Message-ID: <1501868592.25002.47.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:   Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:43:12 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emlot.net,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: User per-cpu 64-bit statistics

On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 10:11 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> You could add a debug version of u64_stats_update_begin()
> 
> doing 
> 
> int ret = atomic_inc((atomic_t *)syncp);

I meant atomic_inc_return() of course.

> 
> BUG_ON(ret & 1);
> 
> 
> And u64_stats_update_end()
> 
> int ret = atomic_inc((atomic_t *)syncp);
> 
> BUG_ON(!(ret & 1));
> 
> 
> We probably could have a CONFIG_DEBUG_U64_STATS  that could be used on
> 64bit kernels as well...
> 
> 
>