From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] loopback: use u64_stats_sync infrastructure Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:34:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100625.213417.149820807.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1277246651.2591.249.camel@edumazet-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:51848 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751049Ab0FZEeE (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:34:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1277246651.2591.249.camel@edumazet-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:44:11 +0200 > Commit 6b10de38f0ef (loopback: Implement 64bit stats on 32bit arches) > introduced 64bit stats in loopback driver, using a private seqcount and > private helpers. > > David suggested to introduce a generic infrastructure, added in (net: > Introduce u64_stats_sync infrastructure) > > This patch reimplements loopback 64bit stats using the u64_stats_sync > infrastructure. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.