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From: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [blkback] blkback statistic counters are signed
	values
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:07:11 +0000
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Hi,

On 04/03/13 19:22, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Seems like the right approach. Could you send a patch please?
I just sent it to you and linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org:

http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1303.0/02306.html

> Thought that won't solve the problem when we overflow an 'unsigned long long'.
Well, I think it's good enough if the users of these values pay 
attention, and poll these sysfs entries often enough to detect that 
there was an overflow.

Regards,

Zoltan Kiss