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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: Make it easier to parse /proc/net/dev
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=46rom: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:57:17 +0100

> Le 05/01/2010 16:50, Jesper Dangaard Brouer a =E9crit :
>> The contents of /proc/net/dev is annoying to parse, because
>> it changes whether there is a space after the "ethX:" or not.
>> It depends upon the size of the "Receive bytes" counter,
>> if the number is below 7 digits, then there is whitespaces
>> else if the number is 8 digits or above there is no space
>> between the ":" and the number.
>>=20
>> This patch changes the output to assure there is always a space
>> between the ":" and the number.  Given that all existing userspace
>> application already need to handle the whitespaces, I see
>> no breakage of existing tools.
>>=20
>> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
>=20
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied.