From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8703CC433E0 for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 13:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26681207CB for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 13:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="Kgft5gaH" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 26681207CB Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49XBhd1Dy1zDqQQ for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 23:37:21 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch (client-ip=185.16.172.187; helo=vps0.lunn.ch; envelope-from=andrew@lunn.ch; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20171124 header.b=Kgft5gaH; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [185.16.172.187]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49XBcK46j7zDqLg for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 23:33:36 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=opjoqZxCQdaB3EzLhcpxSqBTfSFuC3UOtI1l3JqnwoU=; b=Kgft5gaHZhY6Kt4LopUAPR1ibt iemlkwvFnSOxJ271VosIgscoX/KwtN7xZ/kuhmVq/CrBp6KE281qC0tv5OMou0Hw+rqgRrij29HCQ DV/oOV3I+Uk2wVTQGSfJ4hCiCskj0zzroOumECHC2x/r/e0C7rvWilX+xSTk/WUs3nc8=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jdwBB-003PI5-M7; Wed, 27 May 2020 15:33:09 +0200 Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 15:33:09 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Statsfs: a new ram-based file system for Linux kernel statistics Message-ID: <20200527133309.GC793752@lunn.ch> References: <20200526110318.69006-1-eesposit@redhat.com> <20200526153128.448bfb43@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <6a754b40-b148-867d-071d-8f31c5c0d172@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6a754b40-b148-867d-071d-8f31c5c0d172@redhat.com> X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Rientjes , Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Adams , Christian Borntraeger , Alexander Viro , Paolo Bonzini , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Jim Mattson Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" > I don't really know a lot about the networking subsystem, and as it was > pointed out in another email on patch 7 by Andrew, networking needs to > atomically gather and display statistics in order to make them consistent, > and currently this is not supported by stats_fs but could be added in > future. Hi Emanuele Do you have any idea how you will support atomic access? It does not seem easy to implement in a filesystem based model. Andrew