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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] get_rate: detect 32bit overflows
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:30:38 -0700
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On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 11:51 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Current rate limit is 34.359.738.360 bit per second, and
> unfortunately 40Gbps links are above it.
> 
> overflows in get_rate() are currently not detected, and some
> users are confused. Let's detect this and complain.
> 
> Note that some qdisc are ready to get extended range, but this will
> need additional attributes and new iproute2
> 

Hmpf, patch is buggy, I'll send a v2