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Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: lockless tx path
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:24:10 +0100
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Le mercredi 10 novembre 2010 =C3=A0 14:53 -0800, Ben Greear a =C3=A9cri=
t :

> Then it's busted.  If it claims to return stats64, but instead is ret=
urning
> something different, it is wrong.  Netlink API still defines a stats3=
2, so
> the kernel should use that if it can't reliably deal with 64-bit coun=
ters.
>=20

It claims nothing like that. You obviously assumed wrong things.

It provides a framework, not a mandatory or exclusive one.

Really this endless discussion is going nowhere.

I suggest you send patches if you want, I am very pleased by current
stats handling.