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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] /proc/net/stat/rt_cache has a wrong header
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:14:00 +0100
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To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
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Stephen Hemminger a =E9crit :
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:05:44 +0100
> Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>>Hello
>>
>>The header of /proc/net/stat/rt_cache misses the 'in_slow_mc' field.
>>This patch adds it.
>=20
>=20
> Current iproute2 tools adapt to additional fields, but wouldn't this be=
 breaking
> the API for other tools? (if any)
>=20
>=20

AFAIK the old stat file (/proc/net/rt_cache_acct) was OK.

During the conversion to /proc/net/stat/rt_cache done in late 2.6.XX vers=
ion, a bug was introduced, in kernel and also in iproute2.

The API if fine, and my patch doesnt change it.

Eric