Re: [PATCH]snmp6 64-bit counter support in proc.c

2 messages, 2 authors, 2004-01-23 · open the first message on its own page

Re: [PATCH]snmp6 64-bit counter support in proc.c

From: Shirley Ma <hidden>
Date: 2004-01-23 01:08:04




Do you really care about this situation? It only happens as a race within
one instruction in 4 billion. It will slow everytime if we do this way.

Thanks
Shirley Ma
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Re: [PATCH]snmp6 64-bit counter support in proc.c

From: David S. Miller <hidden>
Date: 2004-01-23 01:43:19

   From: Shirley Ma [off-list ref]
   Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:08:04 -0800
   
   Do you really care about this situation? It only happens as a race within
   one instruction in 4 billion. It will slow everytime if we do this way.

correctness > performance

If MRTG hits this case and my net usage graphs have weird spikes
in them as a result, can I assign the bugzilla entry to you? :-)
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