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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] ifb: convert to 64 bit stats
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:37:50 +0200
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Le mercredi 08 juin 2011 =C3=A0 20:32 -0700, Stephen Hemminger a =C3=A9=
crit :

> IFB is running in single thread context. Therefore just locking would
> be enough

Yep, that is provided by include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h for free.

As a bonus, no locking on 64bit arches and a clean interface.