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From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Mark J Roberts <mjr@znex.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Annoying /proc/net/dev rollovers.
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:41:11 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030217014111.GA2244@f00f.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030216221616.GA246@znex>

On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:16:16PM -0600, Mark J Roberts wrote:

> The rolling-over of /proc/net/dev fields annoys me.

Why?

How often does it happen?

> total_rx_bytes += rx_bytes;

if lval is 64-bit, then this cannot be done reliably on all
architectures



  --cw

  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-17  1:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-16 22:16 Annoying /proc/net/dev rollovers Mark J Roberts
2003-02-17  1:41 ` Chris Wedgwood [this message]
2003-02-17  2:46   ` Mark J Roberts
2003-02-17  3:24     ` Jeff Garzik
2003-02-17  4:21     ` Chris Wedgwood
2003-02-17 10:35       ` Matti Aarnio
2003-02-18  4:58         ` David Lang
2003-02-18 13:28           ` Matti Aarnio

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