From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/3] be2net: fix netdev_stats_update
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:43:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110627094337.5108b5f6@nehalam.ftrdhcpuser.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4da4117c-a24a-4512-9b79-fbed126e03bc@exht1.ad.emulex.com>
On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:10:48 +0530
Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com> wrote:
> Problem initially reproted and fixed by Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>
> netdev_stats_update() resets netdev->stats and then accumulates stats from
> various rings. This is wrong as stats readers can sometimes catch zero values.
> Use temporary variables instead for accumulating per-ring values.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Should also use u64_stats_sync to ensure correct rollover or 32 bit SMP
platform.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-27 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-27 6:40 [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/3] be2net: fix netdev_stats_update Sathya Perla
2011-06-27 6:56 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-06-27 7:07 ` David Miller
2011-06-27 16:43 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2011-06-27 17:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-06-27 18:43 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-06-27 18:43 ` [PATCH net-next] benet: convert to 64 bit stats Stephen Hemminger
2011-06-28 7:37 ` Sathya.Perla
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-06-24 8:13 [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/3] be2net: fix netdev_stats_update Sathya Perla
2011-06-24 10:32 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-06-24 8:53 ` Sathya.Perla
2011-06-24 19:59 ` David Miller
2011-06-27 5:19 ` Sathya.Perla
2011-06-27 6:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-06-27 6:11 ` David Miller
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