From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: core: add IFLA_STATS64 support Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:44:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20100311154456.24bde0ac@nehalam> References: <20100311145059.1a020e1c@nehalam> <20100311.145412.118613343.davem@davemloft.net> <20100311151050.31f8ad5d@nehalam> <20100311.151529.16498686.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jengelh@medozas.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([76.74.103.46]:60827 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751927Ab0CKXpB (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:45:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100311.151529.16498686.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:29 -0800 (PST) David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:10:50 -0800 > > > But if non utilities will already adapt to new/old kernel, so > > just don't put out 64 bit values if the platform is 32 bit. > > When/if 32 bit platforms support it, great add the extra stats. > > How about we just make userland ready for it and: > > 1) Emitting it now will get it tested even on 32-bit > > 2) They'll be ready when the drivers can keep track of > 64-bit stats too. > > Stephen I've heard your side of the story, I just don't > agree with it :-) I'm okay with it. just raising the issue. --