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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] rte_sched: don't clear statistics
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:53:27 -0800
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:28:55 +0000
"Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Agree.
> Stephen, how about a run-time solution (I agree it would be much better, why did I not consider this in the first place?) of adding a new bool parameter in struct rte_sched_port_params: clear_stats_on_reset?
> Both stats read function get the port handle (struct rte_sched_port *) as parameter, so there should be no ripple effect to propagate this flag.

Why not read_and_clear function if absolutely necessary.