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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] lib: add bitrate statistics library
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:18:49 +0000
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On 11/01/2017 16:15, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
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> You want these statistics to be cache aligned (ie not 0) to avoid
> false cache sharing.

Done.

> Since these statistics are often associated with a device would it
> not make sense to have a NUMA socket associated with the alllocation?

Makes sense, although given the intended frequency of access and the 
amount of data, not sure it would gain much.